swordplayer

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noun

One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.

OriginMiddle English swerdplaer →
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Meanings

nounswordplayer (plural swordplayers)

plural swordplayers

  1. One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.

    Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […]?

    1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 79

Origin

  1. Middle Englishswerdplaer
  2. Englishswordplayer

From Middle English swerdplaer.

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APA

swordplayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swordplayer

MLA

“swordplayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swordplayer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swordplayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swordplayer.

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