sell-sword
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of sellsword.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "I'm a sell-sword. I make my living because I keep my word. Unreliable mercenaries don't get paid."
- "Bezul saw the sell-swords choose the doorway, not him, and somehow got in front of them, then desperation took control of his mind."