swordplayer

English

Etymology

From Middle English swerdplaer.

Noun

swordplayer (plural swordplayers)

1. One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 79:

     Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […] ?