swordman

English

Etymology

From Middle English swerdman; equivalent to sword +‎ -man.

Noun

swordman (plural swordmen)

A swordsman.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
  Worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy swordmen

Translations

swordsman — see swordsman

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for swordman in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

sandworm, wordsman

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