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swordmaster

/sɔɹdˈmæs.tɚ/

swordmaster noun: an expert or consummate swordfighter.

Noun

swordmaster (plural swordmasters)

  1. (rare) An expert or consummate swordfighter.
    • With ten sword instructors at West Point under the swordmaster the lessons to cadets would all be individual and special.1882, United States War Department, Annual Reports of the Secretary of War, Volume 1, page 160
    • Mr. Roux’s pupils form the majority of the swordmasters at the twenty German Universities and the Polytechnic schools, and Mr. Roux is regarded as the first who taught a manner of broadsword practice which may be best called the ‘‘fencing with broadswords, in which every blow is also guard.” This...1888, Outing, Volume 12, Open Court Publishing Company, page 87

Examples of swordmaster in a sentence

  • Roux’s pupils form the majority of the swordmasters at the twenty German Universities and the Polytechnic schools, and Mr.1888, Outing, Volume 12, Open Court Publishing Company, page 87:
  • We also owe much to the other swordmasters for their patient work with us in our preliminary training.1908, First Class, United States Naval Academy, Lucky Bag, First Class, United States Naval Academy, page 210:
  • We recommended increasing the pay of one swordmaster to $1,800; and of assistants, one at $1,600 instead of $1,500, and one at $1,400 instead of $1,300, and so on.1919, United States Congress, House Committee on Naval Affairs, Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1919, U.S. Government...
  • The swordmasters of Europe sing the praises of this weapon from the beginning of the sixteenth century to its close, by which time its use had almost entirely disappeared.1964, John Telfer Dunbar, History of Highland Dress: A Definitive Study of the History of Scottish Costume and Tartan, Both Civil and...

Forms of swordmaster

pluralswordmasters
alternative formswordsmaster

Origin of swordmaster

From sword + master.

Questions about swordmaster

What does swordmaster mean?
Swordmaster means an expert or consummate swordfighter.
How do you use swordmaster in a sentence?
Roux’s pupils form the majority of the swordmasters at the twenty German Universities and the Polytechnic schools, and Mr.
What part of speech is swordmaster?
Swordmaster is a noun.
How do you pronounce swordmaster?
Swordmaster is pronounced /sɔɹdˈmæs.tɚ/.
What is the plural of swordmaster?
The plural of swordmaster is swordmasters.

Words near swordmaster in the dictionary

  1. swordmaker
  2. swordmakers
  3. swordmaking
  4. swordman
  5. swordmanship
  6. swordmaster
  7. swordmasters
  8. swordmen
  9. swordmistress
  10. swordmistresses
  11. swordography

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