swordstress

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noun

A female swordster.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounswordstress (plural swordstresses)

plural swordstresses

  1. fantasyA female swordster.

    It didn't matter whether we traveled with a fiery-tempered swordstress, or a vain Trickster God.

    2013, Anthony Mercier, Akin Minds, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 172
    2 more examples

    That warrior is Han (Lou Ferrigno) who joins with Sybil Danning (as a good-natured swordstress) and five other muscular heroes to fight to the death with Vadis.

    1988, John Stanley, Revenge of the Creature Features Movie Guide: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic, Or, Is There a Mad Doctor in the House?, Creatures at Large Press, →ISBN, page 313

    John's chosen character is Xianghua, a slight swordstress who specializes in hopping around and skewering people.

    2004 August, Luke Dittrich, “Play Money”, in Atlanta, page 35

    Synonyms: blade-woman, swordswoman

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA female swordster.

Origin

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Chicago

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