Were they not men, soldiers, professional warriors like himself?

The conquistadors were professional warriors, using European tactics, firearms, and cavalry.

Even in the dubious trade of the professional warrior, these killers were considered outcasts.

Jack Random was a professional warrior, respected on a hundred worlds.

"We need a rally point," the professional warrior told his amateur aides.

Swords were more valuable than spears, the mark of the professional warrior besides.

"Two minutes until incursion," Singh said in his professional warrior's monotone.

They smiled slightly at each other, two grimly-carved professional warriors.

Richard Burton, throughout, wears the robe of a professional Japanese warrior.

Definitely not the thick sausages of a professional warrior.