swordlessadj.
/ˈsɔːdlɪs//ˈsɔːdlɪs/ Destitute of a sword; not having, carrying, or using a sword.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > with sword > not
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c1440 Partonope 4334 Hys swerde he smotte a-geyne the gysharne Be the hylt hit brake,..The danys were gladde..For swerdeles was Partonope.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. v. 41 And so I thought my broder syr kay shold not be swerdles.
1814 Spaniards iii. i, in New Brit. Theatre III. 224 My hand..Instinctive rushes to my swordless side.
1816 Ld. Byron Parisina ix, in Siege of Corinth 70 With swordless belt, and fettered hand.
1883 J. G. Whittier Our Country xviii The swordless commonwealth of Penn.
1889 J. Corbett Monk xiii. 187 In their midst rode Lambert with swordless scabbard.
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