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English
Etymology
From Middle English wrastlere, equivalent to wrestle + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
wrestler (plural wrestlers)
- (wrestling) A person who wrestles.
2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 231c:it isn't easy to avoid all the wrestler's holds.
Derived terms
Translations
person who wrestles
- Armenian: ըմբիշ (hy) (əmbiš), (dialectal) փահլևան (hy) (pʻahlewan)
- Assamese: মাল (mal)
- Azerbaijani: güləşçi (az), pəhləvan (az)
- Bengali: পালোয়ান (bn) (palōẇan), কুস্তিগির (bn) (kustigir)
- Bulgarian: борец (bg) m (borec)
- Catalan: lluitador (ca) m, lluitadora (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 摔跤選手 / 摔跤选手 (shuāijiāo xuǎnshǒu), 摔角手 (shuāijiǎoshǒu), 摔跤手 (zh) (shuāijiāoshǒu), 摔角者 (shuāijiǎozhě)
- Chuvash: кӗрешӳҫӗ (kĕreš̬üś̬ĕ)
- Czech: zápasník (cs) m
- Danish: bryder c
- Dutch: worstelaar (nl) m
- Estonian: maadleja
- Finnish: painija (fi)
- French: lutteur (fr)
- Friulian: lotadôr m
- Georgian: მოჭიდავე (moč̣idave)
- German: Ringer (de) m
- Greek: παλαιστής (el) (palaistís), παλαίστρια (el) (palaístria)
- Ancient: παλαιστής m (palaistḗs)
- Hindi: पहलवान (hi) m (pahalvān)
- Hungarian: birkózó (hu)
- Ingrian: bortsa
- Italian: lottatore (it) m
- Japanese: レスラー (ja) (resurā)
- Kazakh: күресуші (küresuşı)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Latin: luctātor m
- Macedonian: борач m (borač), пеливан m (pelivan)
- Norman: litteux m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bryter (no) m
- Nynorsk: brytar m
- Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân)
- Persian: کشتیگیر (košti-gir)
- Polish: zapaśnik (pl) m, zapaśniczka f
- Portuguese: lutador (pt)
- Romanian: luptător (ro)
- Russian: боре́ц (ru) m (boréc)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: рвач m, кечер m (professional wrestler)
- Roman: rvač (sh) m, kečer (sh) m (professional wrestler)
- Sicilian: luttaturi m
- Spanish: luchador (es) m, libreluchador m, pugilista m or f
- Swedish: brottare (sv) c
- Tagalog: mambubuno
- Tatar: көрәшүче (köräşüçe)
- Telugu: మల్లుడు (te) (malluḍu)
- Thai: นักมวยปล้ำ (nák-muai-bplâm)
- Turkish: güreşçi (tr), pehlivan (tr)
- Ukrainian: боре́ць (uk) m (borécʹ), борчи́ня pf (borčýnja)
- Urdu: کشتی باز (kušti bāz)
- Uyghur: چېلىشچى (chëlishchi)
- Vietnamese: đô vật (vi)
- Zazaki: gulaswan
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References
- Wrestler. Macmillan Dictionary. Access date: 29 October 2011.