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sell-sword

noun

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  1. Alternative form of sellsword.

    • He was a mercenary, a sell-sword, a barbarian out of the forested mountains of Norumbria. A wanderer by nature, he earned his keep wherever he went by the might of his sword-arm, by his skill with weapons.
    • I'm a sell-sword. I make my living because I keep my word. Unreliable mercenaries don't get paid.
    • Bezul saw the sell-swords choose the doorway, not him, and somehow got in front of them, then desperation took control of his mind.

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