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swashers

swashers is the plural of swasher.

Meaning of swasher

Noun

swasher (plural swashers)

  1. (obsolete) 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...

Questions about swashers

What is swashers the plural of?
Swashers is the plural of swasher.

Words near swashers in the dictionary

  1. swashbuckling
  2. swashbucklingly
  3. swashed
  4. swashed someone's buckle
  5. swasher
  6. swashers
  7. swashes
  8. swashes someone's buckle
  9. swashest
  10. swashing
  11. swashing someone's buckle

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