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2008 Nov 20

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noun, a swaggering or flamboyant adventurer

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swashbuckler by Collins

  1. 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

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