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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
single combat
    n 1: a fight between two people; "in all armies there were
         officers who needed to prove their bravery by single
         combat"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Combat \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]
   1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.
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            My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak.
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            The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was
            fought in Paulina.                    --Shak.
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   2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in
      which the parties engaged are not armies.
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   Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a
      single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath;
      also, a duel.

   Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention;
        struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest.
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