swordsman

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, swordsperson, 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) 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 French: maître d'armes (fr) m, escrimeur (fr) m Georgian: მოფარიკავე (mopariḳave) German: Fechter (de) m Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos) Ancient: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs) Indonesian: ahli pedang Italian: spadaccino m Japanese: 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku) Kazakh: семсерші (semserşı) Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek), 검술사(劍術師) (geomsulsa) Latin: gladiator (la) Latvian: paukotājs m Lithuanian: fechtuotojas m Macedonian: мечувалец m (mečuvalec) Norwegian: Bokmål: fekter m Persian: شمشیرزن‎ (šamširzan), شمشیرباز‎ (fa) (šamširbâz) Polish: szermierz (pl) m Portuguese: espadeiro m Romanian: scrimer (ro) m Russian: фехтова́льщик (ru) m (fextoválʹščik) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мачѐвалац m Roman: mačèvalac (sh) m Slovak: šermiar m Slovene: sabljač m Spanish: espadachín 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)

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 French: épéiste (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos) Ancient: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs) Japanese: 剣士 (ja) (けんし, kenshi), 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can 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