- swordsman (n.)
[swordsman 词源字典]
- 1670s, from sword + genitive -s- + man (n.). Earlier was swordman (late 14c.); Old English had sweordfreca in the same sense. Related: Swordsmanship (1765).[swordsman etymology, swordsman origin, 英语词源]
- wordsmith (n.)
- 1896, from word (n.) + smith (n.). There is a "Mrs. F. Wordsmith" in the Detroit City Directory for 1855-56, but perhaps this is a typo.