swordsman

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person skilled in fighting or fencing with a sword

   The veteran swordsman parried the blow and quickly counterattacked.

Formed from sword + the linking element -s- + man. The compound names a practitioner by the weapon used, while often implying more skill than the broader phrase sword fighter.

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