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swashbucklers

swashbucklers is the plural of swashbuckler.

Meaning of swashbuckler

Noun

swashbuckler (plural swashbucklers)

  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.

Questions about swashbucklers

What is swashbucklers the plural of?
Swashbucklers is the plural of swashbuckler.

Words near swashbucklers in the dictionary

  1. swash-work
  2. swashbuckle
  3. swashbuckled
  4. swashbuckler
  5. swashbucklering
  6. swashbucklers
  7. swashbucklery
  8. swashbuckles
  9. swashbuckling
  10. swashbucklingly
  11. swashed

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