A "fencer" is a person who participates in the sport of fencing, which involves competing with a sword-like weapon to score points on opponents. Full definition
There will also undoubtedly come a time in Fairy Fencer F when it will be necessary for all of your teammates to bring the smackdown on a single enemy all at the same time. (thatvideogameblog.com)
The story of Fairy Fencer F hits on most of the major tropes found in Japanese RPGs... kind of. (the-games-blog.com)
Despite other experiments such as Brave Fencer Musashi, Tobal 1 & 2, Front Mission and so on, Squaresoft were still contributing to the RPG genre through continuations to their ongoing series like Final Fantasy VIII and IX, Legend of Mana and Chrono Cross, Square will also willing to release new IP's that later went on to become cult classics (Xenogears anyone?). (blog.tsg.tv)