1
a
: a small round shield held by a handle at arm's length
b
: a shield worn on the left arm
2
: one that shields and protects
bucklered; bucklering; bucklers
: to shield or defend with a buckler
Examples of buckler in a Sentence
Noun
a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny
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Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 17 Feb. 2023
So the film pays bemused tribute not only to one of Disneyland’s most popular rides but those old swash-bucklers who once graced movie screens.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2017
Helen Shaw, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
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Noun
Golden shield fern, broad buckler fern, basket fern, hart's tongue fern, soft-shield fern, evergreen maidenhair, and more.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 17 Feb. 2023
So the film pays bemused tribute not only to one of Disneyland’s most popular rides but those old swash-bucklers who once graced movie screens.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2017
Verb
As Mark Antony vamped, hoping for solitude, Cassius hissed with rage, straddled Caesar’s corpse, tore off his own velvet cape, dropped his sword and buckler down a set of stairs, and raged off into the wings.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
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“Buckler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buckler. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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