swashbuckler

noun 3

Definitions

noun

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.

2

A daring adventurer.

3

A kind of period adventure story with flashy action and a lighthearted tone.

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