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cloak-and-sworder

cloak-and-sworder noun: a kind of historical drama in which the characters wore cloaks and carried swords.

Noun

cloak-and-sworder (plural cloak-and-sworders)

  1. (dated) A kind of historical drama in which the characters wore cloaks and carried swords.

Forms of cloak-and-sworder

pluralcloak-and-sworders

Origin of cloak-and-sworder

From cloak + and + sword + -er.

Questions about cloak-and-sworder

What does cloak-and-sworder mean?
Cloak-and-sworder means a kind of historical drama in which the characters wore cloaks and carried swords.
What part of speech is cloak-and-sworder?
Cloak-and-sworder is a noun.
What is the plural of cloak-and-sworder?
The plural of cloak-and-sworder is cloak-and-sworders.

Words near cloak-and-sworder in the dictionary

  1. cloak ferns
  2. cloak room
  3. cloak rooms
  4. cloak-and-dagger
  5. cloak-and-daggery
  6. cloak-and-sworder
  7. cloak-and-sworders
  8. cloakable
  9. cloaked
  10. cloakedly
  11. cloakest

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