pugnātor, ōris, m. [pugno],
a fighter , combatant (perh. not ante-Aug.), Liv. 24, 15; Suet. Caes. 39 fin. ; Sil. 15, 598.—Appos.: Dominus quasi vir pugnator, Vulg. Exod. 15, 3; id. Josue, 17, 1.—Transf., adj.: gallus, a fighting-cock , Plin. 30, 15, 49, § 142.