Sellsword

/ˈsɛlˌsɔːd/ · noun

Meaning

(usually fantasy) A mercenary..

Definitions by Sense

1. (usually fantasy) A mercenary.
2. (by extension figuratively, often derogatory) Someone who only works for money, in the manner of a mercenary.

Example Sentences

Bandit: It's those fool villagers...They think they can buy a bunch of sellswords to chase us away.

One such warrior was Kothar, cast up by the sea in the northlands of his world, a sellsword and a mercenary, a wencher after the women of his day, a freebooter and a thief, at times, whose sword Frostfire was a magic sword.

Your profession always charges high and never guarantees their work. No sellsword would stay alive if he demanded a sorcerer's terms.

The sellsword scrambled backward, checking each blow, stepping lithely over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe. He was quicker, Catelyn saw; the knight's silvered sword never came near to touching him, but his own ugly grey blade hacked a notch from Ser Vadis's shoulder plate.

Whenever I see Alcides Escobar make another unbelievable play at shortstop, I can’t help but think we got the better of the deal in the trade for Zack Grienke. The money-hungry Grienke is now pitching for the Dodgers and admits he wanted to play for the team that paid him the most cash. A sellsword. A gunslinger for hire.

Soccer is class warfare, a battle between the haves and the have-nots, and those with more money and resources always win. In soccer, The Empire is undefeated. And José Mourinho, the world's greatest sellsword, the man who has discovered nothing in soccer but how to win, is its face.

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