swordplayer
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English swerdplaer.
Noun edit
swordplayer (plural swordplayers)
- 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. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 79:
- Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […] ?