swordfighters
Warriors with blades
Swordfighters are people who fight with swords, whether in combat, sport, or performance.
The term covers historical warriors, modern fencers, and practitioners of martial arts like kendo.
In fiction, swordfighters often appear as romantic figures—dueling heroes, samurai, or swashbucklers: The film follows two rival swordfighters seeking the same legendary blade.
Titled warriors on horseback
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
- roninFeudal drifter-warrior
- cavaliersArrogant ones or horsemen
- conquistadorsSpanish colonial soldiers
legionnaires · centurions · crusaders · hoplites · janissaries · highland · claymore · katana
Formal combat participants
- fencersBlade sport competitors
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- gladiatorsAncient Roman combat entertainers
- musketeersSoldiers armed with firearms
kendo · iaido · sparring · parry · thrust · riposte · lunge · blade
Blade sport competitors
tournament · competition · Olympic · piste · mask · jacket · glove · score
Flamboyant adventurous swordsmen
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- ZorroMasked vigilante with blade
- ConanIrish or barbarian name
- JediForce-wielding space monk
Inigo Montoya · Aragorn · lightsaber · adventure · quest · duel · villain · revenge
Simulated theatrical violence
- choreographerOne who designs dances
- stunt performersFilm danger specialists
- reenactorsPeople who recreate past events
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
demonstration · exhibition · Renaissance faire · SCA · show · routine · sequence · rehearsal
knights
Titled warriors on horseback
conquistadors · legionnaires · centurions · crusaders · hoplites · janissaries · highland · claymore · katana · rapier
duelists
Formal combat participants
- fencersBlade sport competitors
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- gladiatorsAncient Roman combat entertainers
musketeers · kendo · iaido · sparring · parry · thrust · riposte · lunge · blade · steel
fencers
Blade sport competitors
kenjutsu · tournament · competition · Olympic · piste · mask · jacket · glove · score · touch
swashbucklers
Flamboyant adventurous swordsmen
Inigo Montoya · Aragorn · Jedi · lightsaber · adventure · quest · duel · villain · revenge · honor
stage combat
Simulated theatrical violence
- choreographerOne who designs dances
- stunt performersFilm danger specialists
- reenactorsPeople who recreate past events
theatrical · demonstration · exhibition · Renaissance faire · SCA · show · routine · sequence · rehearsal · timing
swordfighterspacifists
Those opposing all warfare
noncombatants · conscientious objectors · civilians · peacemakers · medics
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