"swordsman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: swordsmen [plural]
Etymology: From sword + -s- + man. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|sword|-s-|man}} sword + -s- + man Head templates: {{en-noun|swordsmen}} swordsman (plural swordsmen)
  1. A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer. Translations (a person skilled at using swords): ξιφήρης (xiphḗrēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), سَيَّاف (sayyāf) [masculine] (Arabic), սուսերամարտիկ (suseramartik) (Armenian), фехтава́льшчык (fjextaválʹščyk) [masculine] (Belarusian), фехто́вчик (fehtóvčik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), espadatxí [masculine] (Catalan), 劍客 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑客 (jiànkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 劍士 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑士 (jiànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), šermíř [masculine] (Czech), fægter [common-gender] (Danish), zwaardvechter [masculine] (Dutch), schermer [masculine] (Dutch), vehkleja (Estonian), miekkailija (Finnish), miekkamies (Finnish), maître d’armes [masculine] (French), escrimeur [masculine] (French), მოფარიკავე (mopariḳave) (Georgian), Fechter [masculine] (German), ξιφομάχος (xifomáchos) (Greek), ahli pedang (Indonesian), spadaccino [masculine] (Italian), 剣客 (kenkaku) (alt: けんかく) (Japanese), семсерші (semserşı) (Kazakh), 검객 (geomgaek) (alt: 劍客) (Korean), 검술사 (geomsulsa) (alt: 劍術師) (Korean), gladiator (Latin), paukotājs [masculine] (Latvian), fechtuotojas [masculine] (Lithuanian), мечу́валец (mečúvalec) [masculine] (Macedonian), fekter [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شمشیرزن (šamširzan) (Persian), شمشیرباز (šamširbâz) (Persian), szermierz [masculine] (Polish), espadeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), scrimer [masculine] (Romanian), фехтова́льщик (fextoválʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), мачѐвалац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mačèvalac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šermiar [masculine] (Slovak), sabljač [masculine] (Slovene), espadachín [masculine] (Spanish), fäktare [common-gender] (Swedish), шамшербоз (šamšerboz) (Tajik), eskrimci (Turkish), фехтува́льник (fextuválʹnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), qilichboz (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-swordsman-en-noun-Bm~Qqj11 Disambiguation of 'a person skilled at using swords': 60 36 4
  2. A person who fights with a sword. Synonyms (person who wields a sword): swordfighter, swordsperson, swordster Hyponyms (person who wields a sword): swordstress, swordswoman Translations (a person who fights with a sword): ξιφήρης (xiphḗrēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), سَيَّاف (sayyāf) [masculine] (Arabic), ме́чнік (mjéčnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), мечоно́сец (mečonósec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 劍客 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑客 (jiànkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 劍士 (Chinese Mandarin), 剑士 (jiànshì) (Chinese Mandarin), zwaardvechter [masculine] (Dutch), miekkailija (Finnish), miekkamies (Finnish), épéiste (French), Schwertkämpfer [masculine] (German), ξιφομάχος (xifomáchos) (Greek), 剣士 (kenshi) (alt: けんし) (Japanese), 剣客 (kenkaku) (alt: けんかく) (Japanese), мечу́валец (mečúvalec) [masculine] (Macedonian), мечо́носец (mečónosec) [masculine] (Macedonian), ме́чувач (méčuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), شمشیرزن (šamširzan) (Persian), szermierz [masculine] (Polish), espadachim [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ме́чник (méčnik) [masculine] (Russian), mečevalec [masculine] (Slovene), fäktare [common-gender] (Swedish), ме́чник (méčnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-swordsman-en-noun-Ar2cYIzo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 59 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 66 19 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 15 64 20 Disambiguation of 'person who wields a sword': 33 54 13 Disambiguation of 'person who wields a sword': 31 55 13 Disambiguation of 'a person who fights with a sword': 24 72 4
  3. (informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse): womanizer
    Sense id: en-swordsman-en-noun-AoDF91CF Disambiguation of People: 33 24 43 Disambiguation of 'skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse': 6 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swordman

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "劍客"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jiànkè",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "剑客"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "劍士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiànshì",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "剑士"
    },
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zwaardvechter"
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "schermer"
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "vehkleja"
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "miekkailija"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "miekkamies"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maître d’armes"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escrimeur"
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      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mopariḳave",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "მოფარიკავე"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fechter"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "xifomáchos",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "ξιφομάχος"
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "ahli pedang"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "剣客"
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      "word": "검객"
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      "word": "검술사"
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fechtuotojas"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fekter"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "šamširzan",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "شمشیرزن"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šamširbâz",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "word": "شمشیرباز"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "szermierz"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "espadeiro"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "scrimer"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "фехтова́льщик"
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      "word": "мачѐвалац"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "šermiar"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "a person skilled at using swords",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "espadachín"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "fäktare"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "фехтува́льник"
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      "word": "qilichboz"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "سَيَّاف"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ме́чнік"
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      "roman": "mečonósec",
      "sense": "a person who fights with a sword",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "мечоно́сец"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "劍客"
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      "sense": "a person who fights with a sword",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "de",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a person who fights with a sword",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espadachim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méčnik",
      "sense": "a person who fights with a sword",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́чник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a person who fights with a sword",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mečevalec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a person who fights with a sword",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fäktare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "méčnyk",
      "sense": "a person who fights with a sword",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́чник"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swordsman"
}

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