Definitions
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- noun someone who carries a
shield
Etymologies
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Examples
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A driver, a shieldsman, a wizard, and his apprentice.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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A driver, a shieldsman, a wizard, and his apprentice.
Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005
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Wearied he sat at his sovran's shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water. {37b} Nowise it availed.
Beowulf Anonymous 1887
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The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: --
Beowulf Anonymous 1887
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The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: — “’Tis time that I fare from you.
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Wearied he sat at his sovran’s shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water.
Beowulf 2003
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Wearied he sat at his sovran’s shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water.
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The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: — “’Tis time that I fare from you.
Beowulf 2003
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The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: — “’Tis time that I fare from you.
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Wearied he sat at his sovran’s shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water.
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