swordplayer

The name was applied to a professional swordplayer --

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

He could climb the rope with any of them, could vault on to the wooden horse with a heavy cuirass and backpiece on him, and held his own in a bout with swords against Conrad von Berghoff, who was considered the best swordplayer among them.

A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes 1867

Matthew Doucet, of the revolutionary faction -- a man both martial and pacific in his pursuits, being eminent both as a gingerbread baker and a swordplayer -- swore he would have the little monk's life if he had to take him from the very horns of the altar; but the Prior had braved sharper threats than these.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Matthew Doucet, of the revolutionary faction -- a man both martial and pacific in his pursuits, being eminent both as a gingerbread baker and a swordplayer -- swore he would have the little monk's life if he had to take him from the very horns of the altar; but the Prior had braved sharper threats than these.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1574-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845

Matthew Doucet, of the revolutionary faction -- a man both martial and pacific in his pursuits, being eminent both as a gingerbread baker and a swordplayer -- swore he would have the little monk's life if he had to take him from the very horns of the altar; but the Prior had braved sharper threats than these.

PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

Matthew Doucet, of the revolutionary faction -- a man both martial and pacific in his pursuits, being eminent both as a gingerbread baker and a swordplayer -- swore he would have the little monk's life if he had to take him from the very horns of the altar; but the Prior had braved sharper threats than these.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 29: 1578, part III John Lothrop Motley 1845