swordsmistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordsmistresses
Etymology: From sword + -s- + mistress.
Senses: examples: text: These are the adventures of Raven, siren and swordsmistress who loved and fought in an ageless world before time began.
ref: 1979 October, Science Fiction Chronicle, page 8, column 2:
text: You recognize a symbol on one of the pages as being the token borne by the warrior-women. Their goddess is Fell-Kyrinla, swordsmistress of the heavens.
ref: 1984, Jamie Thomson, Mark Smith, Talisman of Death, Puffin Books, published 1988, →ISBN, pages 336–338:
text: Before they could shout out, Thyri and Rui appeared before them, but they did not see a short, fierce Norse swordsmistress and a strange archer from far off lands.
ref: 1989, Michael D. Weaver, Bloodfang, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 45:
text: “I’ll carry the sword,” offered Geryn, to back away with upraised hands and an apologetic mien when Khory thrust it emphatically into its scabbard and tightened the sling that bound it across her back. “My apologies, swordsmistress,” Ryn said with unaccustomed formality, and a turn of phrase Thorn associated more with a Princess like Anakerie, “for the inconvenience.[…]”
ref: 1995, George Lucas, Chris Claremont, Shadow Moon (The Chronicles of the Shadow War; book 1), Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, pages 366–367:
text: In Ganbare Goemon: Deoro Dero Douchu Obake Tenkomori (the full Japanese title – expect it to be called Mystical Ninja: Goemon 2 over here) Goemon and his ever-present mates Ebisumaru the portly deity, Yae the green-haired swordsmistress and Sasuke the robot ninja are faced with a new challenge – the dead!
ref: 1998 December, 64 Magazine, number 21, page 16:
text: As you progress, you’ll do battle with more than mere mortals—many monsters, including golems, dragons and medusae will attempt to impede the busty swordsmistress on her path to rescue her friend and lay low the plans of the evil King Valarian.
ref: 1999 September, Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, volume 2, number 12, page 56:
text: She’d been ready for a confrontation with a country girl in homemade leather armor or a retired swordsmistress.
ref: 2001, Jody Lynn Nye, “As Fate Would Have It”, in Martin Greenberg, editor, The Further Adventures of Xena, Warrior Princess, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 193:
text: Fitzgerald, who was at this moment engaged in a fierce confrontation with the Lady Anjilina, concurred dolefully, hitching his skirts with one hand and trying to hold off the expert swordsmistress with the other.
ref: 2002, Paul Ebbs, The Book of the Still, BBC Worldwide, →ISBN, page 52:
text: We waited for her to take Mr. Hanh’s cane, propped in the corner since his disappearance, and wield it like a martial-arts swordsmistress, but Minh and Truong continued to roll on the floor, swinging punches and kicking desks out of their way.
ref: 2009, Viet Dinh, “Substitutes”, in The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2009, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 275:
text: Hearing that you understand eliminates the need for her to try to MAKE you — meaning she can approach the conflict between you more like a loving partner than a “Thrones” swordsmistress, bent on turning the enemy into a human doily.
ref: 2019 April 17, Amy Alkon, “Wife’s invitation to family irks partner”, in The Times-Tribune, page G18:
glosses: Alternative form of swordmistress.