Meanings
plural swordswomen
- A woman skilled at using swords in combat.
Arwen is portrayed as a valiant swordswoman in the Lord of the Rings films.
1 more example
Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn‘t take you seriously until you‘d actually killed them, by which time it didn‘t really matter anyway.
1986, Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic, published 2022, page 160Synonyms: blade-woman, swordstress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woman skilled at using swords in combat.
Origin
- Englishsword
- Proto-Germanic*wībą
- Proto-West Germanic*wīb
- Old Englishwīf
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Old Englishwīfmann
- Middle Englishwoman
- Englishswordswoman
Translations
German Fechterin
- Fechterina woman skilled at using swords
Italian spadaccina
- spadaccinaa woman skilled at using swords
Russian фехтова́льщица
- фехтова́льщица (fextoválʹščica)a woman skilled at using swords
Spanish espadachina
- espadachinaa woman skilled at using swords
Ukrainian фехтува́льниця
- фехтува́льниця (fextuválʹnycja)a woman skilled at using swords
Cite this entry
swordswoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swordswoman
“swordswoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swordswoman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swordswoman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swordswoman.
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