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Definition of swashbuckler
1 : a swaggering or daring soldier or adventurer
2 : a novel or drama dealing with a swashbuckler
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Ken Ludwig's affectionate, madcap adaptation of the Dumas swashbuckler.
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Was your first introduction to fencing watching a swashbuckler movie with Errol Flynn or someone like that?
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Tyrone Power, handsome swashbuckler of stage and screen, showed up with his new wife, the glamorous French actress Annabella.
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That sentence contains four of the hottest words on the dictionary's site Thursday — atrocity, nauseous, misogyny, swashbuckler — and all of them were trending because of politics.
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Here is part of a transcript of an interview the president gave to the Washington Examiner’s Salena Zito late last week: TRUMP: [President Andrew Jackson] was a swashbuckler.
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History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now.
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But however the latest swashbuckler to face off with Djokovic fares, the New Musketeers will have another chance at the Davis Cup title.
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Origin and Etymology of swashbuckler
1swash + buckler
SWASHBUCKLER Defined for English Language Learners
swashbuckler
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Definition of swashbuckler for English Language Learners
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: a person or a character in a movie, book, etc., who is very brave and has many exciting adventures
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