A person who beats or strikes with a cudgel; one who uses a club as a weapon.
From 'cudgel' plus the agent noun suffix '-er,' meaning one who performs the action of cudgeling.
Professional cudgelers actually existed in medieval times—they were hired to fight in organized stick-fighting competitions that were like the combat sports of their era.
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