-klə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: swash (II) + buckler
1. : a boasting violently active soldier, adventurer, or ruffian : a blustering daredevil : swaggerer , bravo
2.
a. : a novel, play, or especially movie dealing with the adventures of a swashbuckling hero and usually having a setting in a romantic past era or exotic locale
b. : a writer of or actor in a swashbuckler