swordsman

English

Alternative forms

• swordman

Etymology

From sword +‎ -s- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːdsmən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔɹdsmən/, /ˈsoɹdsmən/

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• Hyphenation: swords‧man

Noun

swordsman (plural swordsmen)

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

   He is a remarkable swordsman.

2. A person who fights with a sword.

   Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman.

3. (informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.
   • 2008 December 16, Mark Kirby, “Lordy, Lordy, This Woman is 40”, in GQ, retrieved 21 Dec. 2008:

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

Synonyms

• (person who wields a sword): swordfighter, swordsperson, swordster
• (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse): womanizer

Hyponyms

• (person who wields a sword): swordstress, swordswoman

Derived terms

• swordsmanship

Translations

a person skilled at using swords

• Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
• Armenian: սուսերամարտիկ (hy) (suseramartik)
• Belarusian: фехтава́льшчык m (fjextaválʹščyk)
• Bulgarian: фехто́вчик m (fehtóvčik)
• Catalan: espadatxí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍客 / 剑客 (zh) (jiànkè), 劍士 / 剑士 (zh) (jiànshì)

• Czech: šermíř (cs) m
• Danish: fægter (da) c
• Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m, schermer (nl) m
• Estonian: vehkleja
• Finnish: miekkailija (fi), miekkamies (fi)
• French: maître d'armes (fr) m, escrimeur (fr) m, fine lame (fr)
• Georgian: მოფარიკავე (mopariḳave)
• German: Fechter (de) m
• Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)

  Ancient Greek: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)

• Indonesian: ahli pedang
• Italian: spadaccino m
• Japanese: 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku)
• Kazakh: семсерші (semserşı), қылышкер (qylyşker)
• Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek), 검술사(劍術師) (geomsulsa)
• Latin: gladiator (la)
• Latvian: paukotājs m
• Lithuanian: fechtuotojas m
• Macedonian: мечу́валец m (mečúvalec)
• Marathi: तलवारबाज m (talvārbāj)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fekter m

• Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan), شمشیرباز (fa) (šamširbâz)
• Polish: szermierz (pl) m
• Portuguese: espadeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: scrimer (ro) m
• Russian: фехтова́льщик (ru) m (fextoválʹščik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мачѐвалац m

  Latin: mačèvalac (sh) m

• Slovak: šermiar m
• Slovene: sabljač m
• Spanish: espadachín (es) m
• Swedish: fäktare (sv) c
• Tajik: шамшербоз (šamšerboz)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: eskrimci (tr)
• Ukrainian: фехтува́льник m (fextuválʹnyk)
• Uzbek: qilichboz (uz)
• Vietnamese: tay kiếm, kiếm sĩ

a person who fights with a sword

• Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ме́чнік m (mjéčnik)
• Bulgarian: мечоно́сец m (mečonósec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍客 / 剑客 (zh) (jiànkè), 劍士 / 剑士 (zh) (jiànshì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: miekkailija (fi), miekkamies (fi)
• French: épéiste (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schwertkämpfer (de) m
• Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)

  Ancient Greek: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)

• Japanese: 剣士 (ja) (けんし, kenshi), 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku)
• Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek), 검사(劍士) (ko) (geomsa)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: мечу́валец m (mečúvalec), мечо́носец m (mečónosec), ме́чувач m (méčuvač)
• Marathi: तलवारबाज m (talvārbāj)
• Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan)
• Polish: szermierz (pl) m
• Portuguese: espadachim (pt) m or f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ме́чник (ru) m (méčnik)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: mečevalec m
• Swedish: fäktare (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ме́чник m (méčnyk)

Anagrams

• sandworms