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hot·spur

   [hot-spur]
noun
an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; after Sir Henry Percy, to whom it was applied as a nickname

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Per·cy

   [pur-see]
noun
1.
Sir Henry (“Hotspur”), 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
2.
Thomas, 1729–1811, English poet and antiquary: bishop of Dromore 1782–1811.
3.
Walker, 1916–90, U.S. essayist and novelist.
4.
a male given name, form of Percival.
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hotspur (ˈhɒtˌspɜː)
 
—n
an impetuous or fiery person
 
[C15: from Hotspur, nickname of Sir Henry Percy]

Hotspur (ˈhɒtˌspɜː)
 
—n
Harry Hotspur See Percy the nickname of Sir Henry Percy

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