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English
Etymology
From Middle English swerdplaer.
Noun
swordplayer (plural swordplayers)
- One who takes part in swordplay; a fencer or gladiator.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, .”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: J M for John Starkey , →OCLC, page 79:Have they not Sword-players, and ev'ry ſort / Of Gymnic Artiſts, Wreſtlers, Riders, Runners ?