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swashbuckler en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From swash (“beat, strike”) + buckler (“shield”).

Meanings

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. 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 80:
2. A daring adventurer.
3. A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and a lighthearted tone.

Forms

Relateds

swashbuckle

Translations (20)

fi seikkailukertomus (a kind of period adventure story) · bg авантюрист (a daring adventurer) · pl płaszcza i szpady (a kind of period adventure story) · de Draufgänger (a daring adventurer) · de Haudegen (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay) · cs dobrodruh (a daring adventurer) · fr bretteur (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay) · gl capa e espada (a kind of period adventure story) · es capa y espada (a kind of period adventure story) · de Mantel und Degen (a kind of period adventure story) · gl aventureiro (a daring adventurer) · fi hurjapäinen seikkailija (a daring adventurer) · sk šermiar (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay) · fi miekkailija (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay) · nb sabelrasler (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay) · pl szermierz (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay) · sk neohrozený dobrodruh (a daring adventurer) · pt capa e espada (a kind of period adventure story) · gl aventureira (a daring adventurer) · gl espadachín (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)