Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun affaire_d'honneur

1 sense of affaire d'honneur

Sense 1
duel, affaire d'honneur -- (a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor)
       => fight, fighting, combat, scrap -- (the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap")