1. adventurous heroes or characters, especially in stories, who engage in daring sword fights and romantic adventures
Usage: often refers to fictional characters in movies, books, or plays
2. boastful, swaggering fighters or soldiers who make a show of their bravery
Usage: can have a negative connotation of being overly showy

Examples

• The movie featured classic swashbucklers who sailed the seven seas in search of treasure.
• Errol Flynn was famous for playing swashbucklers in Hollywood adventure films.
• The novel’s swashbucklers fought duels at dawn to defend their honor.
• Children love stories about swashbucklers who rescue princesses from evil villains.
• The theater company specialized in plays about swashbucklers and their romantic escapades.
• Some critics dismissed the characters as mere swashbucklers who were all flash and no substance.
• The swashbucklers in the story combined courage with a flair for dramatic gestures.