fighter (n.)
- bantamweight
- battler
- belligerent
- blade
- boxer
- bravo
- brawler
- bruiser
- bully
- bullyboy
- combatant
- competitor
- contender
- contestant
- disputant
- duelist
- enforcer
- featherweight
- fencer
- flyweight
- gamecock
- gladiator
- goon
- gorilla
- heavyweight
- hood
- hoodlum
- hooligan
- knight
- lightweight
- man-at-arms
- middleweight
- militant
- palooka
- plug-ugly
- prizefighter
- pug
- pugilist
- quarreler
- rioter
- rival
- rough
- rowdy
- ruffian
- scrapper
- serviceman
- squabbler
- strong-armer
- struggler
- swashbuckler
- sweat
- sword
- swordsman
- thug
- tilter
- tough
- warrior
- welterweight
- wrangler
To the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast
Fits a dull fighter and a keen guest.