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  • noun fencing A fencer who fights with a foil.

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Examples

  • I started by fencing Morgan, who was primarily a foilist but fences team epee at the nationals.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Elizabeth McClung 2006

  • I started by fencing Morgan, who was primarily a foilist but fences team epee at the nationals.

    Seattle Epee: drinking, lefties & my ass Elizabeth McClung 2006

  • The three competitors, sophomore foilist Katharine Pitt, freshman saberist Madeline Oliver and freshman epeeist Madeline Buxton traveled to Cambridge, Mass. and finished 13 th, 23rd and 24th, respectively.

    headlines-featured 2010

  • Rounding out those who advanced was freshman foilist Alexander Mills.

    The Daily Princetonian, 2009-06-03 2009

  • Freshman foilist Gregory Kirschen won matches against Harvard, Brown and Yale, but he lost against Columbia and Penn ...

    The Daily Princetonian, 2009-06-03 2009

  • Freshman foilist Gregory Kirschen won matches against Harvard, Brown and Yale, but he lost against Columbia and Penn ...

    The Daily Princetonian, 2009-06-03 2009

  • Lucille Jarry and Andrea Oliva are very strong competitors, so they should do very well, "freshman foilist Gregory Kirschen said.

    The Daily Princetonian, 2009-06-03 2009

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