scrimer

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English

Etymology

French escrimeur. See skirmish.

Noun

scrimer (plural scrimers)

  1. (archaic) A fencing master, fencer.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      And for your rapier most especially,
      That he cried out, 'twould be a sight indeed,
      If one could match you: the scrimers of their nation,
      He swore, had had neither motion, guard, nor eye,
      If you opposed them.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scrimer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French escrimeur, modelled after scrimă.

Pronunciation

Noun

scrimer m (plural scrimeri, feminine equivalent scrimeră)

  1. fencer

Declension

Declension of scrimer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) scrimer scrimerul (niște) scrimeri scrimerii
genitive/dative (unui) scrimer scrimerului (unor) scrimeri scrimerilor
vocative scrimerule scrimerilor

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