поеди́нок — meaning in English
poyedinok
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English meaning
- bout noun A short period of an activity, especially something difficult like an illness or a fight.
- duel noun A prearranged fight between two people, historically to settle a matter of honor.
- joust noun A contest in which two mounted knights charge at each other with lances.
- jousting noun A medieval sport in which armored knights on horseback charged each other with lances.
Senses
поеди́нок is used for these senses in English:
- duel Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- duel (by extension) Any battle or struggle between two contending persons, forces, groups, or ideas.
- joust A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
- jousting A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances.
duel — full definition
- noun A prearranged fight between two people, historically to settle a matter of honor.
- noun Any intense contest or struggle between two competing sides.
- verb To fight a duel, or to compete fiercely with someone.