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broadswordsman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɔːdsɔɹdzmən/

Etymology

From broadsword + -s- + -man.

Meanings

1. (rare) A person who is skillful in wielding a broadsword.
   • By noon the morning's work is got over, including the consumption of a cup of soup, the ablution without which no true believer is happy, and the obligations of Frankish toilette. Then comes a stroll to the fencing-school, kept by an excellent broadswordsman, an old German trooper. 1893, Lady Isabel Burton, The Life of Captain Sir Richd. F. Burton, D. Appleton, page 8:
   • Thomas Stephens was the first Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Cavalry and succeeded Washburn as Colonel. He had been a soldier in the British army and was an expert broadswordsman. 1891, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Wisconsin Commandery, War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Wisconsin: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: Volume 2, Burdick, Armitage & Allen, page 177:
   • His point of view is the exceedingly advantageous one obtained by an American birth, a French education and a long continued residence in England, and his manner may be described as that of a light fencer whose deftness and despatch are in graceful contrast to the exertions of the unwieldy broadswordsmen of literature. 1901, The Harvard Monthly: Volume 32, Students of Harvard College, page 134:

Forms

Deriveds

broadswordsmanship