Meaning of сапе́рнік | Babel Free

Definitions

1. rival (a competitor with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing)
2. adversary, antagonist, opponent (one who opposes another physically in a fight, sport, game, or competition)
3. equal, peer (somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal to that of something else)

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Examples

“In the course of these remarks, delivered with great majesty and grandeur, Mr. Dombey had truly revealed the secret feelings of his breast. An indescribable distrust of anybody stepping in between himself and his son; a haughty dread of having any rival or partner in the boy’s respect and deference;”

“He was witness to that final and rapturous embrace, that caused him to strike his foot nervously against the pebbles, and make that noise that had scared the cicadas into silence. Why at that moment did he not spring forward—put a termination to the intolerable tête-à-tête—and with a blow of his bowie-knife lay his rival low—at his own feet and that of his mistress?”

He witnessed their rapturous embrace. At that moment, a desire ignited within him—to plunge a knife into his rival and cast the lifeless body at the feet of his mistress—but he didn’t dare to act on it.

“Without further parley the major parted from the unfortunate landlord, and hurried across the threshold into the street, whither the combatants, who had gone out by separate doors, had already preceded him.”

With these words, the major parted from the bewildered innkeeper and hurried out into the street, where he met up with the antagonists, who had already gone out by separate doors.

“As the time went by, he had fewer and fewer fights. Men despaired of matching him with an equal, and Beauty Smith was compelled to pit wolves against him.”

As the time went by, he had fewer and fewer fights. The dog-fight enthusiasts despaired of matching him with a worthy peer, and Beauty Smith was compelled to pit wolves against White Fang.

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