broadsword
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of broadsword
before 1000; Middle English brood swerd, Old English brād sweord. See broad, sword
Example Sentences
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He showed me his replica medieval broadsword, his podcasting setup and one of his favored books, Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh described the film as “a social satire that wields a scalpel, not a cleaving broadsword, as it surgically slices through the many hypocrisies of the culture industry at large.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
The public will be able to see the solid-silver-hilted broadsword from March next year.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
“Trying to pick a single sector to outperform the market is like trying to hit a piñata with a broadsword after you’ve been blindfolded and spun around.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
When I heard this I slung my silver-hilted broadsword on, and shouldered my long bow, and said, ‘Come, take me back the way you came.’
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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