swordsman

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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

"My father will wonder what has become of me," he added, catching the eye of the swordsman who'd offered to yield up his room.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin