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Definition: Swashbuckler |
SwashbucklerNoun1. A reckless impetuous irresponsible person. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "swashbuckler" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Swashbuckler A ruffian; a swaggerer. "From swashing," says Fuller, "and making a noise on the buckler." The sword-players used to "swash" or tap their shield, as fencers tap their foot upon the ground when they attack. (Worthies of England.) (A.D. 1662.) (See Swinge-Buckler. ) "A bravo, a swashbuckler, one that for money and good cheere will follow any man to defend him; but if any danger come, he runs away the first, and leaves him in the lurch."- Florio. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
It usually refers to an actor who handles a sword during his performance, for example, Errol Flynn. Stage fighting has much in common with the art of fencing, where the idea is go through the motions of fighting without the sword touching the body.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Swashbuckler."
Synonyms: SwashbucklerSynonyms: daredevil (n), harum-scarum (n), hothead (n), lunatic (n), madcap (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Blusterer | Noun: blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer, brawler; fanfaron; braggart; (boaster); bully, terrorist, rough; bulldozer, hoodlum, hooligan, larrikin, roarer; Mohock, Mohawk; drawcansir, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos; jingo; desperado, dare-devil, fire eater; fury; (violent person); rowdy; slang-whanger, tough. |
Combatant | Noun: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Swashbuckler |
| English words defined with "swashbuckler": Rushbuckler ♦ Swingebuckler. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "swashbuckler": Swinge-buckler. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "swashbuckler": Swingebuckler. (references) |
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| "Swashbuckler" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Swashbuckler" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "swashbuckler": swashbuckler fire eater. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
swashbuckler | 19 |
swashbuckler movie | 2 |
class prestige swashbuckler | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "swashbuckler"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kapadai (big head, swasher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надут самохвалко, приключенски роман, дързък авантюрист. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hulvát (boor, churl), chvástavý (blustery, spread eagle, swanky, vainglorious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Säbelrassler (sabre-rattler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θορυβοποιόσ (roarer), ψευτοπαλληκαράσ, ψευτοπαλλήκαρο (bully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szájhős (fire-eater, roister-doister, roisterer, swaggerer, talker), krakéler, kalandor (adventurer, conquistador, venturer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ashbucklersway mata-sete, mata-mouros, ferrabrás (swaggerer), espadachim (bravo, myrmidon, pensioner). (various references) головорез (bad man, cutthroat, cut-throat, desperado, ruffian, swasher, thug). (various references) megdandžija (swasher). (various references) bravucón (boaster, bouncer). (various references) skrävlare (bladder, blusterer, boaster, bobadil, braggart, loudmouth). (various references) palavracı (blowhard, boaster, bouncer, braggart, gasbag, liar, ranter, romancer, storyteller, swaggerer, swashbuckling), kavgacı kahraman, kabadayı (blusterer, bulldozer, bully, Hector, hoodlum, hooligan, rapscallion, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, toughie, villain), farfara (Bigmouth, blustering fellow, braggart, roisterer, windbag), atıcı (battery, brag, braggart, four-flusher, good shoot, marksman, pistol, pitcher, projectile, shooter, swaggerer, thrower). (various references) хвалько (blower, blusterer, boaster, bouncer, braggart, mouther), шибайголова (dare devil, madcap, tear away). (various references) kẻ hung hăng (fire-eater, swasher), du côn đánh thuê (swasher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "swashbuckler": swashbucklers. (additional references) | |
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"Swashbuckler" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: swashbuckkler, swashbuckle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "swashbuckler" (pronounced 'Swash"buc`kler'): Rushbuckler, Swingebuckler. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-h-k-l-r-s-s-u-w" | |
-1 letter: swashbuckle. | |
-2 letters: backrushes. | |
-3 letters: arbuscles, chasubles, crushable, kurbashes, shacklers, subchaser, subclerks. | |
-4 letters: arbuscle, backless, backrush, barkless, bascules, bechalks, becrawls, bluchers, blushers, bucklers, bucksaws, bulwarks, burlesks, caulkers, chasseur, chasuble, clashers, hacklers, hauberks, recusals, sawbucks, sculkers, seculars, shackler, shackles, shuckers, slackers, subclerk, subraces, subscale, sucklers, waesucks, walruses, whackers. | |
-5 letters: abusers, arcuses, ashlers, backers, balkers, barless, bascule, bashers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-h-k-l-r-s-s-u-w" | |
+1 letter: swashbucklers. | |
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