the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who uses a sword habitually; a swordsman; hence, by extension, one who is nothing but a swordsman; a gladiator or bravo.
n. A game-cock that wounds its antagonist freely with the gaffs; a cutter.
Word Usage
"Hereupon the King called his sworder of vengeance, who came with his lads, and said to him, “Take this gallows bird and strike off his head and after do the like with this harlot and burn their bodies, and consult me not about them a second time.”"