Spadassin

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  • n. a fighter, duelist.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A bravo; a bully; a duelist.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A swordsman: especially, a person devoted to fencing and presumed to be expert with the sword; hence, less properly, a bravo.
  • Word Usage
    "It is, however, the only circumstance of duelling, which savours of common sense, as it puts all mankind upon a level, the old with the young, the weak with the strong, the unwieldy with the nimble, and the man who knows not how to hold a sword with the spadassin, who has practised fencing from the cradle."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bravo    bully    duelist