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swingebuckler

swingebuckler noun: a swashbuckler or a bully.

Noun

swingebuckler (plural swingebucklers)

  1. (obsolete) A swashbuckler or a bully.
    • There was I, and little John Doit of Staffordshire, and black George Barnes, and Francis Pickbone, and Will Squele, a Cotswold man; you had not four such swinge-bucklers in all the Inns-of-court; and, I may say to you, we knew where the bona-robas were.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

Forms of swingebuckler

pluralswingebucklers

Questions about swingebuckler

What does swingebuckler mean?
Swingebuckler means a swashbuckler or a bully.
What part of speech is swingebuckler?
Swingebuckler is a noun.
What is the plural of swingebuckler?
The plural of swingebuckler is swingebucklers.

Words near swingebuckler in the dictionary

  1. swingbridge
  2. swingbridges
  3. swingby
  4. swingbys
  5. swinge
  6. swingebuckler
  7. swingebucklers
  8. swinged
  9. swingeing
  10. swingeingly
  11. swingel

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