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- noun fantasy A
mercenary , especially asword -using one.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Moreover, while he was fairly certain he could keep the girl muzzled—exposing the truth would expose her son, and a mother as softhearted as this one would never do that—he had no such control over the sellsword.
THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010
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On Game of Thrones Flynn will be playing Bronn, a roguish sellsword encountered by several characters in a tavern.
Archive 2010-07-01 Adam Whitehead 2010
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He had heard from a wandering sellsword that there were warriors in Kai Amur who could find such loveliness in a sunrise that they could kill or be killed thinking of it, and never flinch from the blade either way.
THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010
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On Game of Thrones Flynn will be playing Bronn, a roguish sellsword encountered by several characters in a tavern.
Soldier Bronn and Trojan Mormont Adam Whitehead 2010
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There are three major characters: the sellsword named Vanderjack, a gnome fighter named Theodenes, and a decidedly ugly young woman named Gredchen.
Archive 2008-07-01 Tia Nevitt 2008
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There are three major characters: the sellsword named Vanderjack, a gnome fighter named Theodenes, and a decidedly ugly young woman named Gredchen.
The Sellsword by Cam Banks Tia Nevitt 2008
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It implies a place in the world normally that of a wandering sellsword.
Class Struggle Greg Tannahill 2006
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It implies a place in the world normally that of a wandering sellsword.
Archive 2006-04-01 Greg Tannahill 2006
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Between them stands a common sellsword; each great man bids the sellsword kill the other two, says Lord Varys
NYDN Rss ETHAN SACKS 2012
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In Tyrosh he should be able to curse the gods, call a man a cheat, and order up an ale, thanks to a sellsword he had once known at the Rock.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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