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swash⋅buck⋅ler

  [swosh-buhk-ler, swawsh-]
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–noun
a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
Also, swasher.

Origin:
1550–60; swash + buckler
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swash·buck·ler   (swŏsh'bŭk'lər, swôsh'-)   
n.  
  1. A flamboyant swordsman or adventurer.
  2. A sword-wielding ruffian or bully.
  3. A dramatic or literary work dealing with a swashbuckler.

[Probably from the striking of bucklers in fighting.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Swashbuckler

Swash"buc`kler\, n. A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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swashbuckler 
1560, "blustering, swaggering fighting man" (earlier simply swash, 1549), from swash "fall of a blow" (see swash) + buckler "shield." The original sense seems to have been "one who makes menacing noises by striking his or an opponent's shield." Swashbuckling (adj.) is attested from 1693.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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