English Explanatory Dictionary

cloak-and-sworder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A kind of historical drama in which the characters wore cloaks and carried swords.

Word forms

cloak-and-sworder cloak-and-sworders

Etymology

From cloak + and + sword + -er.

Related words

cloak-and-dagger

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