Phillips, in his New World of Words defines, to swash, to make fly about; to clash, or make a noise with swords; and a swash-buckler, a vain glorious sword player or fencer, a meer braggadochoe, a vapouring fellow.
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Swashbuckler
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Bulgarian
1 entries- авантюрист noun (a daring adventurer)
Czech
1 entries- dobrodruh noun (a daring adventurer)
Finnish
3 entries- hurjapäinen seikkailija noun (a daring adventurer)
- miekkailija noun (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)
- seikkailukertomus noun (a kind of period adventure story)
French
1 entries- bretteur noun (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)
Galician
4 entries- aventureira noun (a daring adventurer)
- aventureiro noun (a daring adventurer)
- capa e espada noun (a kind of period adventure story)
- espadachín noun (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)
German
3 entries- Draufgänger noun (a daring adventurer)
- Haudegen noun (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)
- Mantel und Degen noun (a kind of period adventure story)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sabelrasler noun (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)
Polish
2 entries- płaszcza i szpady noun (a kind of period adventure story)
- szermierz noun (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)
Portuguese
1 entries- capa e espada noun (a kind of period adventure story)
Slovak
2 entries- neohrozený dobrodruh noun (a daring adventurer)
- šermiar noun (a swordsman or fencer who engages in show or extravagant swordplay)
Spanish
1 entries- capa y espada noun (a kind of period adventure story)
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