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WRESTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who obtains something by pulling it violently with twisting movements
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wrester" is a kind of...):
puller (someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himself)
Derivation:
wrest (obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically)