Definition of "spadassin" []

• A fighter, duelist. (noun)

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• "It is, however, the only circumstance of duelling, which savours of common sense, as it puts all mankind upon a level, the old with the young, the weak with the strong, the unwieldy with the nimble, and the man who knows not how to hold a sword with the spadassin, who has practised fencing from the cradle."
• "'If anybody is the dragon to the treasure he covets he is a spadassin who won't hesitate at provocations."
• "By this means she insured the personal chastisement of all other youths who dared to lift their eyes to her, while she by no means bound herself to her spadassin of St. Valeri."