swordsmen

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swordsman \Swords"man\, n.; pl. {Swordsmen}.
   1. A soldier; a fighting man.
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   2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the
      science of fencing; a fencer.
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