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- noun   someone who carries a shield 
Etymologies
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Examples
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								A driver, a shieldsman, a wizard, and his apprentice. Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005 
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								A driver, a shieldsman, a wizard, and his apprentice. Burning Tower Larry Niven 2005 
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								Wearied he sat at his sovran's shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water. {37b} Nowise it availed. Beowulf Anonymous 1887 
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								The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: -- Beowulf Anonymous 1887 
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								The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: — “’Tis time that I fare from you. 
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								Wearied he sat at his sovran’s shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water. Beowulf 2003 
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								Wearied he sat at his sovran’s shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water. 
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								The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: — “’Tis time that I fare from you. Beowulf 2003 
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								The sturdy shieldsman showed that bright burg-of-the-boldest; bade them go straightway thither; his steed then turned, hardy hero, and hailed them thus: — “’Tis time that I fare from you. 
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								Wearied he sat at his sovran’s shoulder, shieldsman good, to wake him with water. 
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