swordcraft
Americannoun
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skill in or the art of swordplay.
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military skill or power.
noun
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Origin of swordcraft
Example Sentences
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“He was, until he said the words. Now he is our brother. One who can teach the boys more than swordcraft. It would not hurt them to learn a few words of the Old Tongue and something of the ways of the free folk.”
From Literature
It is well, Master Rashcliffe, for, mark you, if what I have discovered is true, he will need all his cleverness, all his learning, and all his knowledge of swordcraft.
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He was a master of swordcraft, and La Salle knew that he had met his match.
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For another thing, two very well-esteemed gentlemen of his Majesty’s Musketeers, having been provoked by two other very well-esteemed gentlemen of his Eminence’s Musketeers, had responded to the challenge with the habitual alacrity of that distinguished body, and had vindicated its superiority in swordcraft by despatching their antagonists.
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Captain Amber was my teacher in other things than swordcraft.
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