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swashbuckler

noun

Etymology

From swash + buckler.

  1. derived from buccula — “boss”
  2. derived from *bucculārius✻ — “bossed”
  3. derived from bocler
  4. inherited from bukler
  5. compounded as swashbuckler — “swash + buckler”

Definitions

  1. A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant swordplay.

    • Phillips, in his New World of Words defines, to swash, to make fly about; to clash, or make a noise with swords; and a swash-buckler, a vain glorious sword player or fencer, a meer braggadochoe, a vapouring fellow.

  2. A daring adventurer.

  3. A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and a lighthearted tone.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA