Etymology

swordplayer

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Today it means: One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator. Full definition →

Middle English swerdplaer
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromswerdplaer
  2. English todayswordplayer

From Middle English swerdplaer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.