Meaning of 刀持 in Japanese

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Definition of 刀持

かたな(katana) · とう(tou) 【刀】

(n) (single-edged) sword; katana
「刀の投擲の練習？」「すっぽ抜けただけです」
"Practising sword throwing?" "It just slipped out of my hands."
dagger; knife
scalpel

かたなもち(katanamochi) 【刀持ち】

たちもち(tachimochi) 【太刀持ち ·太刀持】

(n) sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
(sumo) rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony