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Meanings of scrapper in English

Portuguese
lutadora
Catalan
lluitador
Spanish
guerrero

Someone who fights (or is fighting)

lutadora
Synonyms
Examples for "fighter"
Examples for "fighter"
1
He knows I am a good fighter and that's his main concern.
The Guardian
2
He could be good company, and he was a good fighter, too.
All together dead
3
The Free Syrian Army fighter on the left was wounded moments later.
Reuters
4
Earlier this year, Amgen began selling Xgeva and cholesterol-fighter Repatha in China.
Reuters
5
They feel weak, so they support Gaddafi, said the young rebel fighter.
Reuters
1
He became belligerent when security guards asked him to leave, police said.
Reuters
2
There was no basis for a belligerent response, State Department spokesman P.J.
Reuters
3
When Harris spoke, his words were more measured but just as belligerent.
Serena
4
The several notes between the United States and the belligerent Governments follow.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, ...
5
Yet surely this staunch, belligerent effort should be applauded rather than cursed.
The Guardian
1
The idea of accommodation between the combatant parties was at an end.
Ulster's Stand For Union
2
Hellenic war ethics: non-combatant tillers of the soil to be let alone.
Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
3
Claude Stanley Choules, the last surviving First World War combatant, has died.
Radio NZ
4
The other combatant remained on board but was moved to another seat.
News.com.au
5
His sentiments were supported by former ZIPRA combatant Retired Colonel Baster Magwizi.
The South African
1
Just a platform for Hanson to look sad and present herself a 'battler'.
News.com.au
2
Sydney gave the Saints eventual 1997 Grand Final battler Robbie Neill.
The Guardian
3
It's a blow to Roy but he's a battler and he'll be back.
The Irish Times
4
Saturday night's victory, for example, could easily be cast as a victory for the battler.
The Guardian
5
Helen's been a battler for women's pay and employment equity through legislative and social change.
Radio NZ
Usage of scrapper in English
1
I was a scrapper, I backed myself. He can say that again.
News.com.au
2
The British Tommy is a scrapper when it comes to his rations.
A Yankee in the Trenches
3
Remember that Merriwell is a scrapper and he is likely to resist.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
4
By what you tell me yore uncle was a big, two-fisted scrapper.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
5
Sherels is a scrapper, but primarily he's a smallish punt returner.
Reuters
6
And yet nobody would call me a scrapper either, remarked Ralph.
The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for...
7
Who'd take a kid with a smile like his to be a scrapper?
The Plastic Age
8
He's a regular scrapper, in spite of his fine clothes.
The Rover Boys at Colby Hall; or, The Struggles of the Young Cad...
9
I've neglected my talents as a scrapper heretofore, but this is my busy night.
The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million
10
He addressed the Cuban-You'rea fine little dirty picter of a scrapper, ain't che?
Men, Women, and Boats
11
But then he thought of Mary's considerable physical strength and her reputation as a scrapper.
The flock
12
He was a dandy scrapper himself in the old days when he wore the blue.
Army Boys in the French Trenches; Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with...
13
And as he nonchalantly buttered his hotcakes he added carelessly: Something of a scrapper, though.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
14
Rivademar Vircondelet considered himself a lover, not a scrapper.
Surrender to the will of the night
15
The older woman, a scrapper, regained her cool composure.
Mine
16
He was a born "scrapper," and never so happy as when annoying others.
The Chums of Scranton High / Or, Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight
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