(battler)
1Battler — may refer to:* Aussie battler, an Australian colloquialism * HMS Battler (D18), an escort aircraft carrier * Barcode Battler, a handheld gaming console …
2battler — index contestant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3battler — The word battler has been in the English language for a long time. The word is a borrowing from French in the Middle English period, and meant, literally, a person who battles or fights , and figuratively a person who fights against the odds or… …
4battler — /ˈbætlə / (say batluh) noun 1. someone who struggles continually and persistently against heavy odds: *Only a battler such as Bob could live here in this wet land and ever hope to survive. –w.e. harney, 1947. 2. a conscientious worker, especially …
5Battler — Batteler Bat tel*er, Battler Bat tler, n. [See 2d {Battel}, n.] A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a {sizar} at Cambridge. Wright.… …
6battler — battle ► NOUN 1) a sustained fight between organized armed forces. 2) a lengthy and difficult struggle or contest: a battle of wits. ► VERB ▪ fight or struggle tenaciously. DERIVATIVES battler noun. ORIGIN Old French bataille, from Latin battu …
7battler — noun see battle II …
8battler — See battle. * * * …
9battler — noun /ˈbæt.lə(ɹ)/ Someone who battles, especially one who works hard in the face of adversity …
10Battler — 1. someone working hard and only just making a living; a doer; 2. hard trier, struggler; 3. typical member of the working class in Australia; 4. conscientious worker, especially one living at subsistence level; 5. history: itinerant worker… …
