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Definition of Swordsman
1. Noun. Someone skilled at fencing.
Generic synonyms: Battler, Belligerent, Combatant, Fighter, Scrapper
Derivative terms: Fence, Swordsmanship
Definition of Swordsman
1. n. A soldier; a fighting man.
Definition of Swordsman
1. Noun. A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer. ¹
2. Noun. A person who fights with a sword. ¹
3. Noun. (informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swordsman
1. [n SWORDSMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swordsman
Literary usage of Swordsman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"OF THE swordsman XXX OF THE swordsman WITH THE BROWN JACKET THE sergeant, who
was a great raw-boned west- countryman, pushed the gate open, ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"The dispute waxed warm, because Firenzuola was an admirable swordsman, far better
than he was a goldsmith. Yet reason made itself heard ; and I backed my ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"For a time he was a trooper in the Renfrewshire yeomanry cavalry, and he became
a respectable boxer and swordsman. Motherwell wrote verse from an early age. ..."
4. ... The Fourth Crusade by Dana Carleton Munro (1907)
"Dietrick, lord of Runkel 1 swordsman. John and Henry, counts of Nassau lord of Bil-
... John of Wittgenstein 1 swordsman. Rupert of Virneburg 2 swordsmen. ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"warm, because Firenzuola was an admirable swordsman, far better than he was a
goldsmith. Yet reason made itself heard; and I backed my cause with the same ..."
6. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... laid them all aside and decided upon the sword, n his difficulty he sought
the advice ol a tried old Italian swordsman, who bade him be of good heart, ..."
7. The Works of A. Conan Doyle by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
"OF THE swordsman XXX OF THE swordsman WITH THE BROWN JACKET THE sergeant, who
was a great raw-boned west- countryman, pushed the gate open, ..."
8. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"The dispute waxed warm, because Firenzuola was an admirable swordsman, far better
than he was a goldsmith. Yet reason made itself heard ; and I backed my ..."
9. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"For a time he was a trooper in the Renfrewshire yeomanry cavalry, and he became
a respectable boxer and swordsman. Motherwell wrote verse from an early age. ..."
10. ... The Fourth Crusade by Dana Carleton Munro (1907)
"Dietrick, lord of Runkel 1 swordsman. John and Henry, counts of Nassau lord of Bil-
... John of Wittgenstein 1 swordsman. Rupert of Virneburg 2 swordsmen. ..."
11. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"warm, because Firenzuola was an admirable swordsman, far better than he was a
goldsmith. Yet reason made itself heard; and I backed my cause with the same ..."
12. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... laid them all aside and decided upon the sword, n his difficulty he sought
the advice ol a tried old Italian swordsman, who bade him be of good heart, ..."
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