swasher
swasher noun: one who makes a blustering show of valour or force of arms. Also the comparative form of swash.
Noun
swasher (plural swashers)
- One who makes a blustering show of valour or force of arms.
- As young as I am, I have obſeru'd theſe three Swaſhers: I am Boy to them all three, but all they three, though they would ſerue me, could not be Man to me; for indeed three ſuch Antiques do not amount to a man: [...]1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- [I]f they keepe their wits, yet they are accompted fooles by reaſon of their carriage, becauſe they cannot ride a horſe, which euery Clowne can doe; ſalute and court a Gentlewoman, carue at table, cringe and make congies, which euery common ſwaſher can doe, [...]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Loue of Learning; or Ouer-much Study. With a Digression of the Misery of Schollers, and Why the Muses are Melancholy.”, in The Anatomy of...
Also used as
swasher is also the comparative form of swash.
Forms of swasher
| plural | swashers |
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Origin of swasher
From swash + -er.
Questions about swasher
- What does swasher mean?
- Swasher means one who makes a blustering show of valour or force of arms.
- What part of speech is swasher?
- Swasher is a noun.
- What is the plural of swasher?
- The plural of swasher is swashers.
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