swordmann.

Forms: Plural swordmen.

Etymology: < sword n. + man n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswordman.

Now rare or Obsolete (replaced by swordsman n.).

a. A man who uses or fights with a sword; a gladiator; one skilled in, or addicted to, using a sword; spec. one skilled in fencing: = swordsman n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > fencer

swordmana1387

buckler-player1448

sword-player1538

escrimer1572

fencer1581

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scrimer1604

swordsmana1680

parrier1809

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > gladiatorial combat > [noun] > gladiator

swordmana1387

sword-player1538

gladiator1541

fence-man1558

fencer1587

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Samnite1600

sword-fencer1600

mirmilloner1623

mirmillo1638

mirmillon1656

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 23 Þat swerdman was i. slawe.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 483/1 Swerde man, or he þat vsythe a swerde, gladiator.

1500 Ortus Vocabulorum Gladiator, a swerd mane.

c1510 Gest Robyn Hode clxix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 64/2 Thou art one of the best sworde-men That euer yit sawe I.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 58 Peter was the boldest of the twelve, and a good Sword-man.

1652 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 290 It is here said your favourite Dr. Froissard is become of late a quarrelsome sword-man.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 148 Cuichelm..sent privily Eumerus a hir'd Sword-man to assassin him.

1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) (ed 2.) 164 I have given you the Directions to make you a Sword-Man.

1728 D. McBane (title) The Expert Sword-Man's Companion: or the True Art of Self-Defence.

b. A soldier who fights with a sword; one of a body of troops armed with swords; hence, an armed follower.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > sword

swordmanc1400

sword-bearer1530

blader1577

fencer1581

sworder1594

flourisher1598

toss-blade1659

home thruster1682

lunger1842

swordsman1859

c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 16673 The speremen ride, the bowemen schote,..The swordmen smyte & strokes ȝeue.

1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 215 In the ryght hande of thyne enemys, the Swerde mene; In the lyfte hande, the Iusters wyth Speris.

1610 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1874) 416 It is to be wished that the swordmen, not only of Ulster but of Connaught, were transmitted upon this occasion to Swethen or Virginia.

1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 47 They and all their Sword-men should clearely relinquish..vnto the King..all their Landes..which they held in Leinster.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 100 Two things remained to settle the Kingdome. First the ridding Ireland of the Swordmen.

1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 113 There were manie accusacions against Hugh Erswicke and his sword-man.

1669–70 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 468 The sword men are discontented to hear they are not likely to be employed for a year at least.

2. A man ‘of the sword’; a warrior, military man, fighter, soldier. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun]

martialist1576

cavalier1589

martial?1611

militarista1616

swordmana1616

camper1631

swordsman1701

military1709

serviceman1832

militant1842

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 59 Worthy fellowes, and like to prooue most sinewie sword-men .

1621–31 W. Laud Serm. (1847) 13 David was a swordman with a witness:—one of the greatest warriors that ever was.

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 188 How much it did misbecom Bishops..who make profession of a life differing from Sword-men, to change the Crosier into Musket-rests.

1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 73 Sword-Men; As Generals of Armies, Captains, Lieutenants, Common Soldiers.

1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 39 His sworn swordmen the jesuits.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 91 The Earl of Essex..the most Popular man of the Kingdom, and the Darling of the Sword-men.

1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) i. iii. iv. 190 This..Degree [of Knight Batchelor]..was..bestowed upon Gown-Men, contrary to the nature of the thing (as Degrees in the Universities are sometimes bestowed on Sword-men).

1900 J. Morley Cromwell v. iv. 413 Such an innovation should be a warning not to vote for swordmen nor for the Protector's friends.]

Derivatives

swordmanship n. = swordsmanship n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun]

buckler-playing1468

fence1533

defence1549

noble science1549

buckler-play1575

fencing1581

digladiation1589

sword-play1627

escrime1652

the (noble, also manly) art of self-defence1724

science1729

swordmanship1781

swordsmanship1851

swording1891

sword-work1913

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [noun] > action of striking or fighting with sword > art of

swordmanship1781

swordsmanship1851

1781 W. Cowper Charity 509 No skill in swordmanship, however just, Can be secure against a madman's thrust.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	swordman
释义	swordmann. Forms: Plural swordmen. Etymology: < sword n. + man n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈswordman. Now rare or Obsolete (replaced by swordsman n.). 1. a. A man who uses or fights with a sword; a gladiator; one skilled in, or addicted to, using a sword; spec. one skilled in fencing: = swordsman n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > fencer swordmana1387 buckler-player1448 sword-player1538 escrimer1572 fencer1581 offender1599 warder1599 scrimer1604 swordsmana1680 parrier1809 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > gladiatorial combat > [noun] > gladiator swordmana1387 sword-player1538 gladiator1541 fence-man1558 fencer1587 sworder1594 Samnite1600 sword-fencer1600 mirmilloner1623 mirmillo1638 mirmillon1656 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 23 Þat swerdman was i. slawe. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 483/1 Swerde man, or he þat vsythe a swerde, gladiator. 1500 Ortus Vocabulorum Gladiator, a swerd mane. c1510 Gest Robyn Hode clxix, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 64/2 Thou art one of the best sworde-men That euer yit sawe I. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 58 Peter was the boldest of the twelve, and a good Sword-man. 1652 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 290 It is here said your favourite Dr. Froissard is become of late a quarrelsome sword-man. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 148 Cuichelm..sent privily Eumerus a hir'd Sword-man to assassin him. 1692 W. Hope Compl. Fencing-master (ed. 2) (ed 2.) 164 I have given you the Directions to make you a Sword-Man. 1728 D. McBane (title) The Expert Sword-Man's Companion: or the True Art of Self-Defence. b. A soldier who fights with a sword; one of a body of troops armed with swords; hence, an armed follower. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > sword swordmanc1400 sword-bearer1530 blader1577 fencer1581 sworder1594 flourisher1598 toss-blade1659 home thruster1682 lunger1842 swordsman1859 c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 16673 The speremen ride, the bowemen schote,..The swordmen smyte & strokes ȝeue. 1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 215 In the ryght hande of thyne enemys, the Swerde mene; In the lyfte hande, the Iusters wyth Speris. 1610 Cal. State Papers Ireland (1874) 416 It is to be wished that the swordmen, not only of Ulster but of Connaught, were transmitted upon this occasion to Swethen or Virginia. 1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 47 They and all their Sword-men should clearely relinquish..vnto the King..all their Landes..which they held in Leinster. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 100 Two things remained to settle the Kingdome. First the ridding Ireland of the Swordmen. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 113 There were manie accusacions against Hugh Erswicke and his sword-man. 1669–70 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 468 The sword men are discontented to hear they are not likely to be employed for a year at least. 2. A man ‘of the sword’; a warrior, military man, fighter, soldier. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > military man > [noun] martialist1576 cavalier1589 martial?1611 militarista1616 swordmana1616 camper1631 swordsman1701 military1709 serviceman1832 militant1842 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 59 Worthy fellowes, and like to prooue most sinewie sword-men . View more context for this quotation 1621–31 W. Laud Serm. (1847) 13 David was a swordman with a witness:—one of the greatest warriors that ever was. 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 188 How much it did misbecom Bishops..who make profession of a life differing from Sword-men, to change the Crosier into Musket-rests. 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 73 Sword-Men; As Generals of Armies, Captains, Lieutenants, Common Soldiers. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 39 His sworn swordmen the jesuits. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 91 The Earl of Essex..the most Popular man of the Kingdom, and the Darling of the Sword-men. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) i. iii. iv. 190 This..Degree [of Knight Batchelor]..was..bestowed upon Gown-Men, contrary to the nature of the thing (as Degrees in the Universities are sometimes bestowed on Sword-men). 1900 J. Morley Cromwell v. iv. 413 Such an innovation should be a warning not to vote for swordmen nor for the Protector's friends.] Derivatives swordmanship n. = swordsmanship n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] buckler-playing1468 fence1533 defence1549 noble science1549 buckler-play1575 fencing1581 digladiation1589 sword-play1627 escrime1652 the (noble, also manly) art of self-defence1724 science1729 swordmanship1781 swordsmanship1851 swording1891 sword-work1913 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > [noun] > action of striking or fighting with sword > art of swordmanship1781 swordsmanship1851 1781 W. Cowper Charity 509 No skill in swordmanship, however just, Can be secure against a madman's thrust. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1387
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