swordman

noun

noun

Etymology From Middle English swerdman; equivalent to sword + -man.

A swordsman.

Worthy fellows, and like to prove most sinewy swordmenc. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

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