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Noun: affaire d'honneur (affaires d'honneur)  u'fehr do'neur
  1. A prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honour
    "The 19th-century gentlemen engaged in an affaire d'honneur to defend their reputations";
    - duel

Derived forms: affaires d'honneur

Type of: combat, fight, fighting, scrap