fencer

[ fen-ser ]

/ ˈfɛn sər /

a person who practices the art of fencing with a sword, foil, etc.

a person who fences.

a horse trained to jump barriers, as for show or sport.

Australian. a person who builds or repairs fences.

Origin of fencer

First recorded in 1565–75; fence + -er¹

Think like a fencer: parry on Medicare; lunge at the stimulus.

How Do You Win the VP Debate? |David Frum |October 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The annual price of training for Maya Lawrence, an Olympic fencer, is estimated to be $20,000.

Gabby Douglas, Ryan Lochte: Why Families of America’s Olympics Athletes Are Broke |Kevin Fallon |August 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He had a fencer's suppleness of wrist and balance of body; he pressed Wogan hard and without flurry.

Clementina |A.E.W. Mason
He lifted his lance and hefted it, seeking its absolute balance, feeling its point as a fencer with his rapier.

The Valiants of Virginia |Hallie Erminie Rives

But no fencer who reads the work attentively can fail to derive from it a real profit, and, I hope, a real pleasure.

Secrets of the Sword |Csar Lecat de Bazancourt
But the unhappy creature is no fencer; it thrusts without method, at random.

Social Life in the Insect World |J. H. Fabre
To judge him by a merely literary standard, is to judge a fencer by the grace of his attitudes.

Swift |Leslie Stephen

fencer

/ (ˈfɛnsə) /

a person who fights with a sword, esp one who practises the art of fencing

mainly Australian and NZ a person who erects and repairs fences