different between wordsman vs swordsman

English

Etymology

words +? -man

Noun

wordsman (plural wordsmen)

1. A man who is a wordsmith.
2. (archaic) One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist.
   • 1858, Horace Bushnell, Nature and the Supernatural

     Nor does it make any the least difference, except with some speculative wordsman, grubbing under space and time, whether death and prey and other like consequences of sin began to work, before the arrival here of man, or only after.

Synonyms

• wordman
• wordsmith

Derived terms

• wordsmanship

Anagrams

• sandworm, swordman

English

Alternative forms

• swordman

Etymology

From sword +? -s- +? man.

Noun

swordsman (plural swordsmen)

1. A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat; a fencer.

   He is a remarkable swordsman.

2. A person who fights with a sword.

   Archers attempted to take down an unknown swordsman.

3. (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, swordsperson, swordster
• (skillful or enthusiastic practitioner of sexual intercourse): womanizer

Hyponyms

• (person who wields a sword): swordstress, swordswoman

Translations

Anagrams

• sandworms