stickfighter

English

Alternative forms

• stick-fighter

Etymology

stickfight(ing) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

stickfighter (plural stickfighters)

1. One who competes in stickfighting.
   • 2005, Kevin Baldeosingh, The Ten Incarnations of Adam Avatar, →ISBN, page 383:

     Most people had forgotten I had ever been a stickfighter.

   • 2010, Robert van Gulik, Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story, →ISBN, page 42:

     Quickly grabbing one of the crutches, he whispered: 'If we are attacked, you just clear out. I can look after myself; I am a stickfighter. Don't worry!'

   • 2010, A Life in Full and Other Stories, →ISBN, page 63:

     In the evening I practise my forms with Lapy, who'd be a good stickfighter if he could be bothered.