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swashbuckler

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(-buk′lər)

noun

a blustering, swaggering fighting man

Origin: swash + buckler

See swashbuckler in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A flamboyant swordsman or adventurer.
A sword-wielding ruffian or bully.
A dramatic or literary work dealing with a swashbuckler.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from the striking of bucklers in fighting

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