Definition of Swordmen

1. Noun. (plural of swordman) ¹

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Definition of Swordmen

1. swordman [n] - See also: swordman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swordmen

swordfighter
swordfighters
swordfights
swordfish
swordfishes
swording
swordless
swordlike
swordmaker
swordmakers
swordmaking
swordman
swordmen (current term)
swordplay
swordplayer
swordplayers
swordplays
swordpoint
swordpoints
swordproof
swords
swords of Damocles
swordsmanship
swordsmanships
swordsmen
swordsmith

Literary usage of Swordmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scotch-Irish in America by Henry Jones Ford (1915)
"In a letter, October 8, 1609, he says that "idlers and swordmen everywhere ... Another ship was about departing from Carlingford when the swordmen seized ..."

2. The History of the Worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"... in not ranking them according to their own desires; the rather because there always hath been a battle royal about precedency betwixt 1. swordmen and ..."

3. The history of the worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"... in not ranking them according to their own desires; the rather because there always hath been a battle royal about precedency betwixt 1. swordmen and ..."

4. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"... as Lilburne suspected—the cry was raised " that the people would 'have no swordmen, no deci- P°rts- mator, or any that receives salary from the State to ..."

5. Wit and Humour: Selected from the English Poets ; with an Illustrative Essay by Leigh Hunt (1846)
"2 Sw. Two blows o' th' face, and given by a worse man, I must confess, as the swordmen say, had turn'd The business: Mark me, brother, by a worse man: But, ..."

6. Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay by Leigh Hunt (1890)
"Enter BESSUS, with the two swordmen. Serv. They are enter'd, sir, already. Baf. ... Now, to your swordmen: What come they for, good Captain Stockfish ? Ses. ..."

7. The Scotch-Irish in America by Henry Jones Ford (1915)
"In a letter, October 8, 1609, he says that "idlers and swordmen everywhere ... Another ship was about departing from Carlingford when the swordmen seized ..."

8. The History of the Worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"... in not ranking them according to their own desires; the rather because there always hath been a battle royal about precedency betwixt 1. swordmen and ..."

9. The history of the worthies of England by Thomas Fuller (1840)
"... in not ranking them according to their own desires; the rather because there always hath been a battle royal about precedency betwixt 1. swordmen and ..."

10. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"... as Lilburne suspected—the cry was raised " that the people would 'have no swordmen, no deci- P°rts- mator, or any that receives salary from the State to ..."

11. Wit and Humour: Selected from the English Poets ; with an Illustrative Essay by Leigh Hunt (1846)
"2 Sw. Two blows o' th' face, and given by a worse man, I must confess, as the swordmen say, had turn'd The business: Mark me, brother, by a worse man: But, ..."

12. Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay by Leigh Hunt (1890)
"Enter BESSUS, with the two swordmen. Serv. They are enter'd, sir, already. Baf. ... Now, to your swordmen: What come they for, good Captain Stockfish ? Ses. ..."

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