Synonyms for fencer

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fen-ser

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛn sər

Définition of fencer

As in swordsman : noun person using sword

Example sentences :

But in Crispin he found a fencer of a quality such as he had never yet encountered.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

The fencer who wears also a breastplate may be looser in his guard.
Extract from : « Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles » by Alfred T. Mahan

In the gym, Siebold also shone as a good boxer, fencer and wrestler.
Extract from : « Radio Boys Loyalty » by Wayne Whipple

A fencer of the old school could not run to the attack, nor suddenly break off.
Extract from : « Old and New Paris, v. 2 » by Henry Sutherland Edwards

The keynote of the book is that a fencer must fence with his ‘head.’
Extract from : « Secrets of the Sword » by Csar Lecat de Bazancourt

The fencer is (as Huxley says) "at the mercy of the Teleologist."
Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson

His Excellency looked at the speaker as a fencer measures his antagonist.
Extract from : « The Strange Story of Rab Rby » by Mr Jkai

Skilful, dexterous; as a substantive, a performer at a bull-feast, also a fencer.
Extract from : « The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] » by George Borrow

It is as though a fencer should remove the button from the end of his foil.
Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope

I'm a fencer, a master-fencer; fenced in Paris and several places.
Extract from : « The Red Horizon » by Patrick MacGill

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