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swordsman

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈsɔːdsmən//
  • United States//ˈsɔɹdsmən//
  • United States//ˈsoɹdsmən//

A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.

noun

  1. 1

    A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.

    He is a remarkable swordsman.

  2. 2

    A person who fights with a sword.

    Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman.

  3. 3

    informalA man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.

    Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.

Etymology

Etymology tree English sword English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English swordsman From sword + -s- + man.

Forms

plural
swordsmen
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).