Masculine
houwdegen
Meaning
- (masculine) backsword (early modern sabre)
- (masculine) swashbuckler, basher (eager but sometimes reckless fighter, violent person)
Synonyms
Translations
Streithahn
batailleur
attaccalite
aspa-torcida acutilador pessoa briguenta
camorristaPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɦɑu̯ˌdeː.ɣə(n)/
Etymology
From houwen + degen, calque of German Haudegen. The second sense is probably also borrowed from German.
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