Sell-sword
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sell-sword is a noun meaning Alternative form of sellsword.
Meaning
Alternative form of sellsword.
Example Sentences
I'm a sell-sword. I make my living because I keep my word. Unreliable mercenaries don't get paid.
Bezul saw the sell-swords choose the doorway, not him, and somehow got in front of them, then desperation took control of his mind.
He was a mercenary, a sell-sword, a barbarian out of the forested mountains of Norumbria. A wanderer by nature, he earned his keep wherever he went by the might of his sword-arm, by his skill with weapons.
Word Forms
- sell-swords
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sword-bearer, bastardsword, halberdsman, swordbreaker, swordmanship, warhammer.
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