"Sword" meaning in English

See Sword in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Swords [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Metonymic occupational surname for a sword maker or armorer. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Suaird (“descendant of Suard”), a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Sigvarðr. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Ó Suaird||descendant of Suard}} Irish Ó Suaird (“descendant of Suard”), {{der|en|non|Sigvarðr}} Old Norse Sigvarðr Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Swords}} Sword (plural Swords)
  1. A surname. Synonyms: Soard

Inflected forms

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