as in shield
means or method of defending
a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny
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Recent Examples of buckler
Hurling a few 12-to-6 knee-bucklers can thwart the opponent’s smooth rhythm.
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Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Jim Root, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckler
Noun
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The tour ends at the Scar Trees, which are a group of trees that had their bark removed by Aboriginal Peoples for various purposes, including crafting items like canoes or shields.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The midnight purple color-shifting material was designed to replicate the iridescence of a raven's feathers, which is woven across the jerseys, including the number set and shields on each sleeve.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The crisis of American defense production has been slowly worsening since the start of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.—
Garrett M. Graff,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2026
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His successor is expected to reverse Hungary’s Russia-friendly policies and lift the nation’s blockade of European Union military aid for Ukraine’s defense against Russian invasion.—
Nicholas Riccardi,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The semiautomatic handgun was loaded with five rounds of ammunition, the DA's office said.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Marcel Ware, 20, faces felony charges of possessing an assault rifle, gun and ammunition possession by a felon, and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the wake of the breach, PowerSchool offered two years' worth of credit-monitoring and identity protection services to concerned customers.—
Mike Levine,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Twelve courts have ruled, on motions to dismiss, that plaintiffs have sufficiently pleaded that these companies’ products constitute credit and that their accompanying fees are subject to the act’s protections.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In San Jose, AFSCME Local 101 and IFPTE Local 21 are pushing for AI safeguards through contract negotiations, including a joint oversight committee to review new systems before they’re deployed.—
Maria Noel Fernandez,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Larger foreign exchange reserves also added a layer of safeguard for central banks to defend their currency.—
Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The negotiators discussed the Strait of Hormuz, Baghaei said, but did not mention discussion of nuclear weapons.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Back in Illinois, state lawmakers are considering a gun bill that would require pistol manufacturers to redesign models that can easily be turned into automatic weapons.—
Grace Miserocchi,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Albies put the home team ahead with his fourth homer of the season, a 370-foot drive off Chris Paddack (0-3) that just cleared the right-field wall.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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By 1928, the company was producing travel brochures; replicas of the artwork now decorate the walls of American Express Tower offices.—
Nancy Cutler,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Buckler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckler. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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