— wrestler , n.
/res"euhl/ , v. , wrestled, wrestling , n.
v.i.
1. to engage in wrestling.
2. to contend, as in a struggle for mastery; grapple: to wrestle with one's conscience.
v.t.
3. to contend with in wrestling.
4. to force by or as if by wrestling.
5. to throw (a calf or other animal) for branding.
n.
6. an act of or a bout at wrestling.
7. a struggle.
[ bef. 1100; ME wrestlen, wrastlen (v.), OE * wraestlian (cf. OE wraestlere wrestler), freq. of wraestan to WREST; c. MD, MLG worstelen ]