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swordplayers

swordplayers is the plural of swordplayer.

Meaning of swordplayer

Noun

swordplayer (plural swordplayers)

  1. One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
    • Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners […]?1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 79

Questions about swordplayers

What is swordplayers the plural of?
Swordplayers is the plural of swordplayer.

Words near swordplayers in the dictionary

  1. swordmistress
  2. swordmistresses
  3. swordography
  4. swordplay
  5. swordplayer
  6. swordplayers
  7. swordplays
  8. swordpoint
  9. swordpoints
  10. swordproof
  11. swords

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