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Definition: Swordsman |
SwordsmanNoun1. Someone skilled at fencing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "swordsman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Synonym: SwordsmanSynonym: fencer (n). (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent; campaigner, veteran; swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Swordsman |
| English words defined with "swordsman": Sworder, Swordman, Swordsmen. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "swordsman": SCIMETAR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "swordsman": Sworder. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you did your wit, you'd rival Master Yoda as a swordsman. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) He is said to be the best swordsman in France. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) You're a warrior and a swordsman. And you're 10 times bigger than I am, Stupid! (Willow; writing credit: Bob Dolman; George Lucas) The height of two men, the weight of four, the strength of sixteen; Sir Boris, finest swordsman in the world, and his brother Sir Morris, not the finest swordsman in the world, but the most enthusiastic, and their noble pets, Sir Horace the dog, and Sir Doris the hamster; the Big Knights! (The Big Knights; writing credit: Michelle Bochner) You shot the invisible swordsman! (Three Amigos!; writing credit: Steve Martin; Lorne Michaels) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Young Swordsman Lung Kin Fei (1964) Revenge of the Great Swordsman (1949) The Swordsman (1947) | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certain Orientals attain a surprising proficiency, as the incident here related will serve to show. The account is translated from the Japanese by Shusi Itama, a famous writer of the thirteenth century. When the great Gichi-Kuktai was Mikado he condemned to decapitation Jijiji Ri, a high officer of the Court. Soon after the hour appointed for performance of the rite what was his Majesty's surprise to see calmly approaching the throne the man who should have been at that time ten minutes dead! "Seventeen hundred impossible dragons!" shouted the enraged monarch. "Did I not sentence you to stand in the market-place and have your head struck off by the public executioner at three o'clock? And is it not now 3:10?" "Son of a thousand illustrious deities," answered the condemned minister, "all that you say is so true that the truth is a lie in comparison. But your heavenly Majesty's sunny and vitalizing wishes have been pestilently disregarded. With joy I ran and placed my unworthy body in the market-place. The executioner appeared with his bare scimetar, ostentatiously whirled it in air, and then, tapping me lightly upon the neck, strode away, pelted by the populace, with whom I was ever a favorite. I am come to pray for justice upon his own dishonorable and treasonous head." "To what regiment of executioners does the black-boweled caitiff belong?" asked the Mikado. "To the gallant Ninety-eight Hundred and Thirty-seventh -- I know the man. His name is Sakko-Samshi." "Let him be brought before me," said the Mikado to an attendant, and a half-hour later the culprit stood in the Presence. "Thou bastard son of a three-legged hunchback without thumbs!" roared the sovereign -- "why didst thou but lightly tap the neck that it should have been thy pleasure to sever?" "Lord of Cranes of Cherry Blooms," replied the executioner, unmoved, "command him to blow his nose with his fingers." Being commanded, Jijiji Ri laid hold of his nose and trumpeted like an elephant, all expecting to see the severed head flung violently from him. Nothing occurred: the performance prospered peacefully to the close, without incident. All eyes were now turned on the executioner, who had grown as white as the snows on the summit of Fujiama. His legs trembled and his breath came in gasps of terror. "Several kinds of spike-tailed brass lions!" he cried; "I am a ruined and disgraced swordsman! I struck the villain feebly because in flourishing the scimetar I had accidentally passed it through my own neck! Father of the Moon, I resign my office." So saying, he gasped his top-knot, lifted off his head, and advancing to the throne laid it humbly at the Mikado's feet. |
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| "Swordsman" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Swordsman" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 24 | 71,196 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "swordsman": skilled swordsman. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "swordsman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpatar (sword-bearer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبارز بالسيف (fencer, fighter, swordplayer), سياف (executioner), جندي يحمل سيفا, المبارز بالسيف. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фехтувач (fencer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 剑客 (Swordsmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | šermíř. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شمشیرزن , شمشیرباز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sabreur, porteur de l'épée, exécuteur, épéiste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Fechter (fencer, fighter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ξιφομάχοσ (fencer, gladiator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ושא חרב. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vívó (fencer), kardforgató. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spadaccino. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 剣客 (fencer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | け"きゃく (fencer, good walker), け"かく (difference, discrepancy, fencer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 검 가 (Swordsmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cliweder. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ordsmansway jogador de espada, esgrimista (fencer). (various references) spadasin (bravo, fencer). (various references) фехтовальщик (fencer, swordsmen). (various references) mačevalac (fencer). (various references) espadachín (bully). (various references) นักสู้ที่ใช้"าบ. (various references) silâhşör (Chevalier, knight, musketeer), kılıç ustası, iyi kılıç kullanan kimse, eskrimci (fencer, foilsman). (various references) фехтувальник (fencer), бо"ць, який майстерно володі" холодною збро"ю. (various references) nh kiếm thuật. (various references) cleddyfwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "swordsman": swordsmanship, swordsmanships. (additional references) | |
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"Swordsman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cordesman, Shwartzman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "swordsman" (pronounced 'Swords"man'): Airman, Almsman, Artsman, Atman, Axman, Backwoodsman, Bagman, Bargeman, batsman, Bayman, Bellman, Billman, Boatsman, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bookman, Bordman, Brachman, Brakeman, Breakman, Bridesman, Briefman, Burman, Bushman, Cabman, Canoeman, Carman, Cartman, Cayman, Chairman, Chapman, Chessman, Churchman, Clansman, Classman, Coachman, Cogman, Copeman, Cousin-german, Cracksman, Craftsman, Cragsman, Dalesman, Daysman, Deathsman, Dustman, Dutchman, fireman, Firman, Flagman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sandworms. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-m-n-o-r-s-s-w" | |
-1 letter: sandworm, swordman. | |
-2 letters: damsons, onwards, ramsons, randoms, ransoms, rodsman. | |
-3 letters: adorns, arsons, damson, drowns, manors, masons, monads, morass, nomads, onward, radons, ramson, random, ransom, rodman, romans, rowans, sarods, sonars, sowans, sowars, swards, swarms, swords, womans. | |
-4 letters: adorn, adown, arson, damns, darns, dawns, donas, dorms, dorsa, downs, drams, drawn, draws, dross, drown, manor, manos, mason. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-m-n-o-r-s-s-w" | |
+4 letters: swordsmanship. | |
+5 letters: swordsmanships. | |
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