swordsman

Since then, he has worked with such masters as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Wong Kar-wai, Martin Scorsese and Kenneth Branagh, but might be best known to samurai fans for 2003’s “Zatoichi,” playing the legendary blind swordsman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024

Not to worry, though: Sargon is just as slick a swordsman, with the ability to swing two blades at once, pull off superhuman acrobatics and even stop and rewind time.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

Cyrano de Bergerac is, we are told, a “soldier, poet, philosopher, magician, playwright … and the best swordsman in Paris.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2022

Cyrano is a talented poet and an excellent swordsman who is secretly in love with a woman named Roxane, who is a lover of poetry herself.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2021

It was the young swordsman who had intervened during the fight, standing between Grigori and me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

On any given day, the selfie sticks waving in the air along the upper deck give the impression of a band of swordsmen setting off on a raid.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2018

A vast and mysterious land with magic spells, valiant swordsmen, contested rulers and epic tribal battles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2016

Sure, the show offers cartoonish heroics like Aliff’s burly Porthos easily outfighting four swordsmen.

From Washington Post ● May 16, 2016

Here Stuart comes closer to the modern realm, as the swordsmen fight not for blood, but, more sportingly, to lop buttons off the opponent’s shirt.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2012

"Then these other swordsmen have the true power. Or do they? Whence came their swords? Why do they obey?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin