swordsman
Duelist with steel
A swordsman is a person skilled in fighting with a sword.
The term appears most often in historical contexts, fantasy fiction, and martial arts: He trained for years to become a master swordsman.
The word typically refers to men, though swordswoman exists for female practitioners.
Slender dueling blade
- epeeFencing blade
- boutLimited stretch of something
- challengeTest of ability
- parryDefensive blade deflection
thrust · riposte · feint · lunge · piste · foil · combatant · counterattack
Defeat a plan
- epeeFencing blade
- sabreCurved single-edged sword
- boutLimited stretch of something
- parryDefensive blade deflection
riposte · lunge · mask · plastron · piste · feint · disengage · fleche
Curved Japanese fighting blade
- bushidoSamurai honor system
- roninFeudal drifter-warrior
- kendoJapanese bamboo fencing
- iaidoMartial art of drawing swords
dojo · sensei · wakizashi · shogun · daimyo · seppuku · kenjutsu · gi
One who engages in combat
- combatantOne who fights
- gladiatorAncient Roman arena combatant
- mercenarySoldier fighting for pay
- veteranExperienced former soldier
blade · duelist · champion · soldier · legionnaire · centurion · berserker · warlord
rapier
Slender dueling blade
parry · thrust · riposte · feint · lunge · piste · foil · combatant · counterattack · disengage
foil
Defeat a plan
parry · riposte · lunge · mask · plastron · piste · feint · disengage · fleche · touché
katana
Curved Japanese fighting blade
iaido · dojo · sensei · wakizashi · shogun · daimyo · seppuku · kenjutsu · gi · budo
fighter
One who engages in combat
veteran · blade · duelist · champion · soldier · legionnaire · centurion · berserker · warlord · sellsword
knight
Honored mounted soldier
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- valorCourage in danger
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
noble · knightly · honor · loyalty · protector · gentleman · virtue · bravery · heroism · fealty
knight
Honored mounted soldier
tournament · jousting · hauberk · surcoat · heraldry · castle · feudal · armory · gauntlet · scabbard
- Scottish MilitaryBlack Watch, claymore, bagpiper, bagpipers, piper
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, spearman, infantryman
- game unitssoldier, knight, archer, mage, healer
- military rolessoldier, warrior, Praetorian Guard, sailor, Imperial Guard
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
- swashbucklersswashbuckler, swashbucklers, swashbuckling, pirate, pirates
swordsmancivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · novice · amateur · incompetent · coward
swordsmanpacifist
Anti-violence believer
peacemaker · conscientious objector · noncombatant · diplomat · mediator