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swashbuckler
CIDE DICTIONARY
swashbuckler, n.
A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. Milton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
swashbuckler, n. a swaggering bully or ruffian.
Derivative
swashbuckling adj. & n.
Etymology
SWASH(1) + BUCKLER
THESAURUS
swashbuckler
Herod, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, blatherskite, bluff, bluffer, blusterer, braggart, bravo, brawler, bucko, bully, bullyboy, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, disputant, duelist, enforcer, fanfaron, fencer, feuder, fighter, fighting cock, foilsman, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man, hector, hectorer, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jouster, knight, miles gloriosus, militant, peacock, plug-ugly, quarreler, ranter, raver, rioter, rival, roisterer, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur, scrapper, scuffler, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, strutter, swaggerer, swanker, swash, swasher, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter, tough, tussler, vaporer, wranglerROGET THESAURUS
swashbuckler
Blusterer
N blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer, brawler, fanfaron, braggart, bully, terrorist, rough, bulldozer, hoodlum, hooligan, larrikin, roarer, Mohock, Mohawk, drawcansir, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos, jingo, desperado, dare-devil, fire eater, fury, rowdy, slang-whanger, tough, puppy, prig, Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office, saucebox, malapert, jackanapes, minx, bantam-cock.For further exploring for "swashbuckler" in Webster Dictionary Online