Noun

• S: (n) mauler (a fighter who batters the opponent) "Jack Dempsey was called a mauler"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))
• S: (n) defender, withstander (a fighter who holds out against attack)
• S: (n) boxer, pugilist (someone who fights with his fists for sport)
• S: (n) brawler (a fighter (especially one who participates in brawls))
• S: (n) butter (a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head)
• S: (n) fencer, swordsman (someone skilled at fencing)
• S: (n) gladiator ((ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat)
• S: (n) gouger (an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye)
• S: (n) hell-kite, hell-rooster, gamecock (someone who is a very fierce fighter)
• S: (n) mauler (a fighter who batters the opponent) "Jack Dempsey was called a mauler"
• S: (n) skirmisher (someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party))
• S: (n) street fighter, tough (someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing)
• S: (n) victor, master, superior (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)
• S: (n) wrestler, grappler, matman (combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground)
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) hooks, meat hooks, maulers (large strong hand (as of a fighter)) "wait till I get my hooks on him"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) hand, manus, mitt, paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb) "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"