swordmistresses

Noun

swordmistress (plural swordmistresses)

1. A female expert or consummate swordfighter.
   • “My mother, having put aside the Unicom and followed her will of union, became swordmistress and teacher. But our clan fell into hard days and there were three harvests that were too thin to support any but the old and the very young. Therefore, those who were still hearty of arm, who could ride...1978, Andre Norton, Quag Keep, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, page 55