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sword-and-sandal

sword-and-sandal is the alternative spelling of sword and sandal.

Meaning of sword and sandal

Adjective

sword and sandal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.
    • “Ben-Hur” and “Spartacus” are two famous sword and sandal films.

Questions about sword-and-sandal

What is sword-and-sandal the alternative spelling of?
Sword-and-sandal is the alternative spelling of sword and sandal.

Words near sword-and-sandal in the dictionary

  1. sword swallower
  2. sword swallowers
  3. sword swallowing
  4. sword verse
  5. sword verses
  6. sword-and-sandal
  7. sword-and-sorcery
  8. sword-bearer
  9. sword-bearers
  10. sword-bearing
  11. sword-billed hummingbird

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sword-and-sandal (page history and authors); sword and sandal (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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