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English
Etymology
From Middle English brawler, brawlere, equivalent to brawl + -er.
Noun
brawler (plural brawlers)
- One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 320, column 2:The world hath noted. And your name is great
In mouthes of wiſeſt Cenſure. What's the matter
That you vnlace your reputation thus,
And ſpend your rich opinion, for the name
Of a night-brawler? Giue me anſwer to it.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 1 Timothy 3:2–4, columns 1–2:A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe, the huſband of one wife, vigilant, ſober, of good behauiour, giuen to hoſpitalitie, apt to teach;
Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous;
One that ruleth well his owne houſe, hauing his children in ſubiection with all grauitie.
(For if a man know not how to rule his owne houſe, how ſhall he take care of the Church of God?)
- (video games, informal) A beat 'em up game.
2020, Patrick Hickey Jr., The Minds Behind Adventure Games, page 136:"Classic brawlers ranging from Double Dragon to Streets of Rage and even Brutal Legend created my initial seed of interest for working on one," Deighan said.
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one who brawls
- Arabic: مُشَاكِس (mušākis)
- Czech: rváč m
- Finnish: rähinöitsijä (fi), tappelupukari
- French: bagarreur (fr) m
- German: Schläger (de) m, Rabauke (de) m, Krakeeler (de) m, Raufbold (de) m, Randalierer (de) m, Rowdy (de) m, Hooligan (de) m, Halbstarker (de) m
- Greek: γκαφατζής (el) (gkafatzís), καβγατζής (el) (kavgatzís)
- Latin: rixātor m
- Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی (savaşcı)
- Portuguese: arruaceiro (pt) m, brigão (pt) m, rixador m
- Romanian: scandalagiu (ro) m
- Russian: драчу́н (ru) (dračún), буя́н (ru) (buján), дебоши́р (ru) (debošír), зади́ра (ru) m or f (zadíra), забия́ка (ru) m or f (zabijáka)
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