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broadswordsmanship

noun
/ˈbɹɔːdsɔɹdzmənʃɪp/

Etymology

From broadswordsman + -ship.

  1. derived from *seh₂w-✻
  2. inherited from *swerdą✻
  3. inherited from *swerd✻
  4. inherited from sweord
  5. inherited from sword
  6. compounded as broadsword — “broad + sword”
  7. formed as broadswordsman — “broadsword + -s- + -man”
  8. suffixed as broadswordsmanship — “broadswordsman + ship”

Definitions

  1. The mastery in using broadswords.

    • The nations pre-eminent in commerce and warfare have won great guerdons In the fields of sport. England, Germany, Franoe and the United States furnish evidences of the value of cricket, broadswordsmanship, soulling and baseball.
    • Broadswordsmanship on the stage giving frails in audience thrill of their lives.

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