sword-bearer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sword-bearer
First recorded in 1400–50, sword-bearer is from the late Middle English swerd berer. See sword, bearer
Example Sentences
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To Vancouver's astonishment, London's 613th Lord Mayor accepted the invitation, promised to bring with him the Lord Mayor's whole retinue, lord sheriff, macebearer, sword-bearer and city marshal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now a sumo wrestler whose Japanese name is an ancient word for dawn, attended by a sword-bearer and a dew sweeper, ritually purified the ground on a chilly silver morning.
From Time Magazine Archive
Olenka had been living for some time at Vodokty, with Anusia and the sword-bearer.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
They chatted yet for a long time in this fashion, and always more joyously; he that Olenka, forgetting her grief, became notably more cheerful, and Anusia began at last to laugh loudly at the sword-bearer.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
"But of four daughters, the youngest, Anna, married Yezorkovski, of the shield Ravich, a commissioner for fixing the boundaries of Podolia; he was afterward, if I mistake not, sword-bearer of Podolia."
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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