swashbuckler

Noun

Meaning

A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Also of note, side-swords used in conjunction with bucklers became so popular that it caused the term swashbuckler to be coined. Source: Internet

Many of them exhibit the behaviors and characteristics which are stereotypical to a "swashbuckler". Source: Internet