MAULER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A fighter who batters the opponent

Example:

Jack Dempsey was called a mauler

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mauler" is a kind of...):

battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))

Derivation:

maul (injure badly by beating)