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Swordplay

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    fighting with a sword uncountable, usually

    "His expertise at swordplay made his acting in the part of Hamlet very believable."

  2. 2
    the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully wordnet

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sweordplega. By surface analysis, sword + play.

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