swashbuckler

English

Etymology

swash +‎ buckler

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Noun

swashbuckler (plural swashbucklers)

A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant sword play.
- 1786: 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. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 80.
A daring adventurer.
A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and lighthearted tone.

Translations

a swordsman or fencer

Slovak: šermiar m

a daring adventurer

Finnish: hurjapäinen seikkailija

Slovak: neohrozený dobrodruh m

a kind of period adventure story

Finnish: seikkailukertomus

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French: ^{(please verify)} fier-à-bras

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