swashbuckler
\SWOSH-buhk-ler, SWAWSH-\
noun
1. a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
Quotes
I would not give much for that man's life. The hand of every swashbuckler in the empire would be against him.
-- A.B. Mitford, “Kazuma's Revenge,” Tales of Old Japan, 1871
Origin
Swashbuckler came to English in the mid-1500s. The swash element of this word references the noise of a sword as it moves through the air and strikes a target.
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