Fisticuffer vs Fisticuffed - What's the difference?

fisticuffer | fisticuffed |


As a noun fisticuffer

is (archaic) a person who engages in fisticuffs; a pugilist.

As a verb fisticuffed is

(fisticuff).

fisticuffer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) A person who engages in fisticuffs; a pugilist.

    • References

    * *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996. English agent nouns

    fisticuffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fisticuff)

    • fisticuff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A fistfight.
  • *1852 , Eli Bowen et al., The Pictorial Sketch-book of Pennsylvania ,
  • *:Every fifteen or twenty minutes there was a rush to some part, to witness a fisticuff .
  • (obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (chiefly, humorous) To engage in a physical fight.
  • (obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists.
  • *1846 , Making of America Project, The American Whig Review ,
  • *:Do they fisticuff with thunder-snaggs

    • Derived terms

    * fisticuffer

    References

    * * *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989. *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.