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hotspur definition

hot·spur (hät′spʉr′)

noun

a rash, hotheaded person

Etymology: nickname of Sir Henry Percy: see Shakespeare's Henry IV

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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