Definition of "swordsman" [swords•man]

• A man who is skilled in the use of swords. (noun)
• A fencer. (noun)

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• "But the swordsman is going to have a tendency to frame issues as a series of advances and retreats, parries, ripostes, feints and strikes."
• "Throwing dust in the eye of a swordsman is harder than it looks (and more cliche)."
• "But the swordsman is really a semi retired computer scientist of the first rank, the sword is tipped with a wormhole a la Morgaine's Changeling, and the talking cat is really the avatar of a planet-sized AI ..."