Meaning of sellsword | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A mercenary.
   usually
2. Someone who only works for money, in the manner of a mercenary.
   broadly, derogatory, figuratively, often

Equivalents

Examples

“One such warrior was Kothar, cast⟳ up by the sea in the northlands of his world, a sellsword and a mercenary, a wencher after the women of his day, a freebooter and a thief, at times, whose sword Frostfire was a magic sword.”

“Your profession always charges high and never guarantees their work⟳. No sellsword would stay⟳ alive if he demanded a sorcerer's terms.”

“The sellsword scrambled backward, checking each blow⟳, stepping lithely over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe. He was quicker, Catelyn saw⟳; the knight's silvered sword never came near to touching him, but his own⟳ ugly grey blade hacked a notch from Ser Vadis's shoulder plate.”

“Bandit: It's those fool villagers...They think⟳ they can buy⟳ a bunch of sellswords to chase⟳ us away.”

“Whenever I see⟳ Alcides Escobar make⟳ another unbelievable play⟳ at shortstop, I can’t help⟳ but think⟳ we got the better of the deal⟳ in the trade⟳ for Zack Grienke. The money-hungry Grienke is now pitching for the Dodgers and admits he wanted to play⟳ for the team that paid him the most cash. A sellsword. A gunslinger for hire⟳.”

“Soccer is class warfare, a battle between the haves and the have-nots, and those with more money and resources always win⟳. In soccer, The Empire is undefeated. And José Mourinho, the world's greatest sellsword, the man who has discovered nothing in soccer but how to win⟳, is its face⟳.”

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