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cloak-and-sworder

noun

Etymology

From cloak + and + sword + -er.

  1. derived from *seh₂w-✻
  2. inherited from *swerdą✻
  3. inherited from *swerd✻
  4. inherited from sweord
  5. inherited from sword
  6. formed as cloak-and-sworder — “cloak + and + sword + -er”

Definitions

  1. A kind of historical drama in which the characters wore cloaks and carried swords.

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