Broadswordsman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɹɔːdsɔɹdzmən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Broadswordsman is a noun meaning (rare) A person who is skillful in wielding a broadsword.
Meaning
(rare) A person who is skillful in wielding a broadsword.
Example Sentences
Thomas Stephens was the first Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Cavalry and succeeded Washburn as Colonel. He had been a soldier in the British army and was an expert broadswordsman.
By noon the morning's work is got over, including the consumption of a cup of soup, the ablution without which no true believer is happy, and the obligations of Frankish toilette. Then comes a stroll to the fencing-school, kept by an excellent broadswordsman, an old German trooper.
His point of view is the exceedingly advantageous one obtained by an American birth, a French education and a long continued residence in England, and his manner may be described as that of a light fencer whose deftness and despatch are in graceful contrast to the exertions of the unwieldy broadswordsmen of literature.
Word Forms
- broadswordsmen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include swordsperson, swordmaster, backswordman, sworder, swordsman, swordster.
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