sell-sword

See also: sellsword

English

Noun

sell-sword (plural sell-swords)

  1. Alternative form of sellsword
    • 1977, Gardner Francis Fox, “Shadow of a Demon”, in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3, →ISBN, page 32:
      He was a mercenary, a sell-sword, a barbarian out of the forested mountains of Norumbria. A wanderer by nature, he earned his keep wherever he went by the might of his sword-arm, by his skill with weapons.
    • 1985, Mary Gentle, Golden Witchbreed, →ISBN, page 189:
      I'm a sell-sword. I make my living because I keep my word. Unreliable mercenaries don't get paid.
    • 2003, Lynn Abbey, "The Red Lucky", Thieves' World: Turning Points, Macmillan,, →ISBN, page 303:
      Bezul saw the sell-swords choose the doorway, not him, and somehow got in front of them, then desperation took control of his mind.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sellsword.

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