swashbuckler

Definition

A swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant swordplay.

Etymology

From swash + buckler.

Example Sentences

• "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."