Warrior vs Shieldmaiden - What's the difference?
warrior | shieldmaiden |
A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
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(lb) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
(Norse mythology) A virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle.
* {{quote-book, 1973, , The Return of the King, isbn=0345339738, page=262
, passage=There goes a lord who tamed a wild shieldmaiden of the North!}}
As nouns the difference between warrior and shieldmaiden
is that warrior is a person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant while shieldmaiden is (norse mythology) a virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle.warrior
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Alternative forms
* warriour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia warrior)- 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.