sell-sword
See also: sellsword
English
Noun
sell-sword (plural sell-swords)
- Alternative form of sellsword
- 1977, Fox, Gardner Francis, “Shadow of a Demon”, in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3, →ISBN, page 32:
- He was a mercenary, a sell-sword, a barbarian out of the forested mountains of Norumbria. A wanderer by nature, he earned his keep wherever he went by the might of his sword-arm, by his skill with weapons.
- 1985, Gentle, Mary, Golden Witchbreed, →ISBN, page 189:
- I'm a sell-sword. I make my living because I keep my word. Unreliable mercenaries don't get paid.
- 2003, Lynn Abbey, "The Red Lucky", Thieves' World: Turning Points, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 303
- Bezul saw the sell-swords choose the doorway, not him, and somehow got in front of them, then desperation took control of his mind.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:sellsword.
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