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swoorde

swoorde is the obsolete spelling of sword.

Meaning of sword

Noun

sword (plural swords)

  1. (countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
    • He took out his sword and stabbed the man in the stomach.
  2. A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
    1. A card of this suit.
  3. One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
  4. (figuratively) Violence; military might.

See all 7 meanings of sword

Forms of swoorde

pluralswoordes

Questions about swoorde

What is swoorde the obsolete spelling of?
Swoorde is the obsolete spelling of sword.

Words near swoorde in the dictionary

  1. swoops
  2. swoopstake
  3. swoopstakes
  4. swoopy
  5. swoord
  6. swoorde
  7. swoose
  8. swooses
  9. swoosh
  10. swooshed
  11. swoosher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swoorde (page history and authors); sword (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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