Sell-sword

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sellsword. alt-of, alternative

    "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."

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"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."

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