Meanings
nounwrestler (plural wrestlers)
plural wrestlers
- governmentA person who wrestles.
it isn't easy to avoid all the wrestler's holds.
2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 231c
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncombatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
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Origin
- Middle Englishwrastlere
- Englishwrestler
From Middle English wrastlere, equivalent to wrestle + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek παλαιστής
- παλαιστής (palaistḗs)person who wrestles
Bengali পালোয়ান, কুস্তিগির
- পালোয়ান (palōẇan)person who wrestles
- কুস্তিগির (kustigir)person who wrestles
Bulgarian борец
- борец (borec)person who wrestles
Catalan lluitador, lluitadora
- lluitadorperson who wrestles
- lluitadoraperson who wrestles
Chinese Mandarin 摔跤選手 /摔跤选手, 摔角手
- 摔跤選手 /摔跤选手 (shuāijiāo xuǎnshǒu)person who wrestles
- 摔角手 (shuāijiǎoshǒu)person who wrestles
- 摔跤手 (shuāijiāoshǒu)person who wrestles
- 摔角者 (shuāijiǎozhě)person who wrestles
Czech zápasník
- zápasníkperson who wrestles
Danish bryder
- bryderperson who wrestles
Dutch worstelaar
- worstelaarperson who wrestles
Estonian maadleja
- maadlejaperson who wrestles
Finnish painija
- painijaperson who wrestles
French lutteur
- lutteurperson who wrestles
German Ringer
- Ringerperson who wrestles
Greek παλαιστής, παλαίστρια
- παλαιστής (palaistís)person who wrestles
- παλαίστρια (palaístria)person who wrestles
Hindi पहलवान
- पहलवान (pahalvān)person who wrestles
Hungarian birkózó
- birkózóperson who wrestles
Italian lottatore
- lottatoreperson who wrestles
Japanese レスラー
- レスラー (resurā)person who wrestles
Korean 레슬러
- 레슬러 (reseulleo)person who wrestles
Latin luctātor, palaestēs
- luctātorperson who wrestles
- palaestēsperson who wrestles
Norwegian Bokmål bryter
- bryterperson who wrestles
Persian کشتیگیر
- کشتیگیر (košti-gir)person who wrestles
Polish zapaśnik, zapaśniczka
- zapaśnikperson who wrestles
- zapaśniczkaperson who wrestles
Portuguese lutador
- lutadorperson who wrestles
Romanian luptător
- luptătorperson who wrestles
Russian боре́ц
- боре́ц (boréc)person who wrestles
Spanish luchador, libreluchador
- luchadorperson who wrestles
- libreluchadorperson who wrestles
Swedish brottare
- brottareperson who wrestles
Tagalog mambubuno
- mambubunoperson who wrestles
Thai นักมวยปล้ำ
- นักมวยปล้ำ (nák-muai-bplâm)person who wrestles
Turkish güreşçi, pehlivan
- güreşçiperson who wrestles
- pehlivanperson who wrestles
Ukrainian боре́ць, борчи́ня
- боре́ць (borécʹ)person who wrestles
- борчи́ня (borčýnja)person who wrestles
Urdu کشتی باز, پہلوان
- کشتی باز (kušti bāz)person who wrestles
- پہلوان (pahalvān)person who wrestles
Vietnamese đô vật
- đô vậtperson who wrestles
Cite this entry
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wrestler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrestler
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“wrestler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrestler. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrestler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrestler.
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