Word Meanings - SWORDER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. Shak.

Related words: (words related to SWORDER)

• SOLDIERLY
  Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike. "Soldierly discipline." Sir P. Sidney.
• SOLDIERLIKE
  Like a soldier; soldierly.
• SWORDLESS
  Destitute of a sword.
• SWORDSMANSHIP
  The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper.
• SWORD-SHAPED
  Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
• CUTTHROAT
  One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
• SWORDING
  Slashing with a sword. Tennyson.
• SOLDIER
  1. To serve as a soldier. 2. To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task. Note: In this sense the vulgar pronounciation is jocosely preserved. It needs an opera glass to discover whether the leaders are pulling,
• SWORDED
  Girded with a sword. Milton.
• SWORDSMAN
  1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
• SOLDIERING
  1. The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier. 2. The act of feigning to work. See the Note under Soldier, v. i., 2.
• SWORDFISH
  A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker , a remora which attaches itself to the swordfish. (more info) A very large oceanic fish , the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones
• SWORD
  One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. Sword arm, the right arm. -- Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. -- Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer
• SOLDIERSHIP
  Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. Shak.
• SWORDMAN
  A swordsman. "Sinewy swordmen." Shak.
• SWORDPLAY
  Fencing; a sword fight.
• SWORDER
  One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. Shak.
• SWORDPLAYER
  A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.
• SOLDIERY
  1. A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military. A camp of faithful soldiery. Milton. 2. Military service. Sir P. Sidney.
• SOLDIERESS
  A female soldier.
• BROADSWORD
  A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.
• UNSOLDIERED
  Not equipped like a soldier; unsoldierlike. J. Fletcher.
• CLOSE-FIGHTS
  Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.
• BACKSWORD
  1. A sword with one sharp edge. 2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell.
• PASSWORD
  A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay.
• HALF-SWORD
  Half the length of a sword; close fight. "At half-sword." Shak.
• WATER SOLDIER
  An aquatic European plant with bayonet- shaped leaves.