swordsman

English

Alternative forms

• swordman

Etymology

From sword +‎ -s- +‎ 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, Mark Kirby, "Lordy, Lordy, This Woman is 40," GQ, Dec. 16 (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, swordster
• (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse): womanizer

Hyponyms

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

Translations

a person skilled at using swords

• Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
• Catalan: espadatxí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 劍客／剑客 (zh) (jiànkè), 剑客 (zh) (jiànkè)

• Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m
• French: maître d’armes (fr) m
• German: Fechter (de) m
• Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)

  Ancient: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)

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• Indonesian: ahli pedang
• Italian: spadaccino m
• Japanese: 剣客 (けんかく, kenkaku)
• Latin: gladiator (la)
• Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan)
• Portuguese: espadeiro m
• Russian: фехтова́льщик (ru) m (fextoválʹščik)
• Spanish: espadachín m

a person who fights with a sword

• Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大俠／大侠 (zh) (dàxiá), 大侠 (zh) (dàxiá)

• Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m
• French: épéiste (fr)
• Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)

  Ancient: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)

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• Japanese: 剣士 (けんし, kenshi), 剣客 (けんかく, kenkaku)
• Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan)
• Portuguese: espadachim (pt) m or f
• Russian: ме́чник (ru) m (méčnik)

Anagrams

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