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noun, a swaggering or flamboyant adventurer
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swashbuckler
- 1) noun, a swaggering or flamboyant adventurer
Etymology
C16: from swash (in the archaic sense: to make the noise of a sword striking a shield) + buckler
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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