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Warrior vs Swordsman - What's the difference?

warrior | swordsman |

As nouns the difference between warrior and swordsman

is that warrior is a person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant while swordsman is a person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.

warrior

English

Alternative forms

* warriour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia warrior)
  • A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
  • *
    • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior ; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
  • (lb) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

    • Related terms

    * war

    Derived terms

    * bloody warrior * warriorhood

    References

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    swordsman

    English

    Noun

    (swordsmen)
  • A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.
    • He is a remarkable swordsman .
  • A person who fights with a sword.
    • Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman .
  • (informal) A man who is a skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse.
  • * 2008 , Mark Kirby, " Lordy, Lordy, This Woman is 40," GQ , Dec. 16 (retrieved 21 Dec. 2008),
    • Jennifer Aniston is in control . . . and getting what she needs from a notorious swordsman eight years her junior.

    Synonyms

    * (person who wields a sword) swordfighter, swordster * (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse) womanizer

    Hyponyms

    * (person who wields a sword) swordstress, swordswoman

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