'Single combat' definitions:

Definition of 'single combat'

From: WordNet
noun
A fight between two people; "in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat"

Definition of 'Single combat'

From: GCIDE
  • Combat \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]
  • 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. [1913 Webster]
  • My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. [1913 Webster]
  • Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel.
  • Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest. [1913 Webster]