English
Etymology
From sword + -s- + man.
Pronunciation
Noun
swordsman (plural swordsmen)
- A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.
He is a remarkable swordsman.
- A person who fights with a sword.
Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman.
- (informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.
2008 December 16, Mark Kirby, “Lordy, Lordy, This Woman is 40”, in GQ, retrieved 21 Dec. 2008:Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.
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Translations
a person skilled at using swords
- Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
- Armenian: սուսերամարտիկ (hy) (suseramartik)
- Belarusian: фехтава́льшчык m (fjextaválʹščyk)
- Bulgarian: фехто́вчик m (fehtóvčik)
- Catalan: espadatxí m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 劍客 / 剑客 (zh) (jiànkè), 劍士 / 剑士 (zh) (jiànshì)
- Czech: šermíř (cs) m
- Danish: fægter (da) c
- Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m, schermer (nl) m
- Estonian: vehkleja
- Finnish: miekkailija (fi), miekkamies (fi)
- French: maître d'armes (fr) m, escrimeur (fr) m, fine lame (fr)
- Georgian: მოფარიკავე (mopariḳave)
- German: Fechter (de) m
- Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)
- Ancient Greek: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)
- Indonesian: ahli pedang
- Italian: spadaccino m
- Japanese: 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku)
- Kazakh: семсерші (semserşı), қылышкер (qylyşker)
- Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek), 검술사(劍術師) (geomsulsa)
- Latin: gladiator (la)
- Latvian: paukotājs m
- Lithuanian: fechtuotojas m
- Macedonian: мечу́валец m (mečúvalec)
- Marathi: तलवारबाज m (talvārbāj)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fekter m
- Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan), شمشیرباز (fa) (šamširbâz)
- Polish: szermierz (pl) m
- Portuguese: espadeiro (pt) m
- Romanian: scrimer (ro) m
- Russian: фехтова́льщик (ru) m (fextoválʹščik)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мачѐвалац m
- Latin: mačèvalac (sh) m
- Slovak: šermiar m
- Slovene: sabljač m
- Spanish: espadachín (es) m
- Swedish: fäktare (sv) c
- Tajik: шамшербоз (šamšerboz)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: eskrimci (tr)
- Ukrainian: фехтува́льник m (fextuválʹnyk)
- Uzbek: qilichboz (uz)
- Vietnamese: tay kiếm, kiếm sĩ
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a person who fights with a sword
- Arabic: سَيَّاف m (sayyāf)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: ме́чнік m (mjéčnik)
- Bulgarian: мечоно́сец m (mečonósec)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 劍客 / 剑客 (zh) (jiànkè), 劍士 / 剑士 (zh) (jiànshì)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: zwaardvechter (nl) m
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: miekkailija (fi), miekkamies (fi)
- French: épéiste (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Schwertkämpfer (de) m
- Greek: ξιφομάχος (el) (xifomáchos)
- Ancient Greek: ξιφήρης m (xiphḗrēs)
- Japanese: 剣士 (ja) (けんし, kenshi), 剣客 (ja) (けんかく, kenkaku)
- Korean: 검객(劍客) (geomgaek), 검사(劍士) (ko) (geomsa)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: мечу́валец m (mečúvalec), мечо́носец m (mečónosec), ме́чувач m (méčuvač)
- Marathi: तलवारबाज m (talvārbāj)
- Persian: شمشیرزن (šamširzan)
- Polish: szermierz (pl) m
- Portuguese: espadachim (pt) m or f
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: ме́чник (ru) m (méčnik)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Slovene: mečevalec m
- Swedish: fäktare (sv) c
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: ме́чник m (méčnyk)
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