{"id":23462,"date":"2024-05-17T14:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T14:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23462"},"modified":"2024-05-18T21:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T21:24:18","slug":"buckling-swashes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23462","title":{"rendered":"Buckling Swashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you a <strong>swashed<\/strong> any <strong>buckles<\/strong> or <strong>buckled<\/strong> any <strong>swashes<\/strong> recently? Do you known the differences between a <strong>pirate<\/strong>, a <strong>privateer<\/strong> and a <strong>buccaneer<\/strong>? What about a <strong>freebooter<\/strong> or a <strong>corsair<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dgonzal111139\/47445219112\/in\/photolist-2fhz9Fb-2ngTXvU-P1QTKN-yj95G7-4EDgc-2a3BmE4-dttTt4-2375ei4-c1UosU-2e5sqGJ-2ma3sVb-a7Fm1W-o6CQXS-8H1vdR-2hXEzNR-bovoFB-2oj2xrD-bzvxDz-2kXGzFs-q7DKqy-2oweHyj-2hMNDSN-31TrHL-244T4zF-9TPRa2-2jLnoS6-2ouGLe2-2jLnp7E-2m2NHGe-qXPd8-fNTtJE-9JHi4q-o4iavb-fNTtEL-fNTtHW-4V9bkj-Qd6fVj-AbWkdM-o63edp-2iL3Dpj-Nfys-nNRcQF-zf944Y-o63ecH-o87EhK-o4iauQ-fH66AB-cDyHwd-8Nykzr-nwabF\" title=\"Pirate Ship, Key West, Florida.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7804\/47445219112_4d18d784b5_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" alt=\"Pirate Ship, Key West, Florida.\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>swashbuckler<\/strong> is a swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant swordplay, a daring adventurer or a kind of period adventure story with flashy action and a lighthearted tone [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/swashbuckler\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>A <strong>swashbuckler<\/strong> likes to <strong>swashbuckle<\/strong>, that is, take part in exciting romantic adventures [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/swashbuckle#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swash<\/strong> as a noun has a variety of meanings, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken.<\/li>\n<li>A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.<\/li>\n<li>A wet splashing sound.<\/li>\n<li>A smooth stroke; a swish.<\/li>\n<li>A swishing noise.<\/li>\n<li>A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.<\/li>\n<li>A streak or patch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a verb, <strong>to swash<\/strong> means: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To swagger; to act with boldness or bluster (toward).<\/li>\n<li>To dash or flow noisily; to splash.<\/li>\n<li>To swirl through liquid; to swish.<\/li>\n<li>To wade forcefully through liquid.<\/li>\n<li>To swipe.<\/li>\n<li>To fall violently or noisily.<\/li>\n<li>To streak, to color in a swash.  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/swash#English\">source<\/a>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Swash<\/strong> also appears in <strong>swash letter<\/strong> (an italic capital letter with top and bottom flourishes, intended to fill an unsightly gap.) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/swash_letter#English\">source<\/a>]; and <strong>swish-swash<\/strong> (a repeated swishing action or sound, going back and forth) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/swish-swash#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/snake3yes\/479620880\/in\/photolist-Jobzw-DSA84Y-2k8rLi4-cJc6nd-cJc1iy-dGaML2-8tqrY6-ZbLASL-pTUiQK-4F5Kas-nwg68p-qbkBgM-7ceCvo-25nHYwB-qbhoeN-degg8w-28pkjV4-9LS7Jg-9LSbRa-9McxmW-96wFC-i3w4en-2oQ7gJ3-degimM-4eNCV-9LUYJw-96wEq-2gTea8e-9Mcxeo-2ppMFww-BzjocL-degiAT-ksLrAY-9VTTw7-i3wRiz-degisq-nyLU1W-2oHH96a-8Y6kj-WHE8Gc-hr5QVe-degh3u-9Mcxus-7xY4F1-VXYD8g-frqD8P-p6KcdT-degj1T-Cj8Cvf-deggD8\" title=\"Sword &amp; Buckler\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/211\/479620880_6f4189ad4f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Sword &amp; Buckler\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>buckler<\/strong> is &#8220;a kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buckler#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>pirate<\/strong> is &#8220;a criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.&#8221; It comes from Old French <em>pirate<\/em> (pirate), from Latin <em>p\u012br\u0101ta<\/em>  (pirate), from Ancient Greek <em>\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2<\/em> (peirat\u1e17s &#8211; brigand, robber), from <em>\u03c0\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c1\u03b1<\/em> (pe\u00eera &#8211; trial, attempt, plot). It replaced the Old English word <em>w\u012b\u010bing<\/em>, which could refer to a pirate or a viking  [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buckler#English\">source<\/a>], although vikings were more commonly called <em>Nor\u00femenn<\/em> (north people), <em>h\u01e3\u00feene<\/em> (pagans) or <em>Dene<\/em> (Danes) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/wicing#Old_English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>privateer<\/strong> was historically a privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship, or in other words, a government-sanctioned pirate [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/privateer\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buccaneer<\/strong> is another word for <strong>pirate<\/strong>, and specifically refers to pirates who preyed on the ships of other nations on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century. It comes from French <em>boucanier<\/em> (buccaneer), from <em>boucaner<\/em> (to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins), from <em>boucan<\/em> ([Tupi-style] grill), from Old Tupi <em>m(b)oka&#8217;\u1ebd<\/em> (wooden grill) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buccaneer#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>freebooter<\/strong> refers to an adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations. It comes from Dutch <strong>vrijbuiter<\/strong> (freebooter, pirate), from <strong>vrijbuit<\/strong> (plunder, spoils) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/freebooter\">source<\/a>]. The old word <strong>flibustier<\/strong> (a French pirate in the Americas) comes from the same roots [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/flibustier#English\">source<\/a>], as does <strong>filibuster<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/filibuster#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the Dutch word <strong>buit<\/strong> (spoil, booty, loot, prey, gains), and the English word <strong>booty<\/strong>, might ultimately come from the Proto-Celtic word <em>*boudi<\/em> (victory, booty, spoils), as does the name <strong>Boudica<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/buit#Dutch\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ferrariguy90\/8468592334\/in\/photolist-2caCSiD-dUkKsE-tn6UU7-29CbeLo-25Znncb-72MPrv-2oDefuZ-2njW1Ra-5u18Ud-2n5nVyb-txnxJv-9NEdXe-9NJTxs-2mXVadD-cn7uK-9NDvLH-dUf8dF-bs31GH-27x1RsV-Xiw3Ty-nchUPi-oLzGLB-Gvdncr-26aPUi9-2kDDcm1-9M2DZZ-Jnzntu-9NFVNX-9NJAiA-9NGabs-9NEwpU-t5NuVo-2kXDHuh-dUf6Tp-8H15Sq-Des66N-9NGp3p-9NGBho-9NKJWL-9NH11D-E246ac-2j4Raja-cBFwZq-9NC9uz-2n9w4NC-9NsCbe-2jWzFxA-jCC1D-pdFTEQ\" title=\"Saint-Malo corsair ship\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8507\/8468592334_f6ca6869af_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Saint-Malo corsair ship\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <strong>corsair<\/strong> refers specifically to French privateers, especially from the port of Saint-Malo, and the ships they sail. It can also refer to privateers and pirates in general.<\/p>\n<p>It comes from French <strong>corsaire<\/strong> (privateer, corsair, pirate), from Italian <strong>corsaro<\/strong> (privateer, corsair, pirate), from Medieval Latin <em>curs\u0101rius<\/em> (pirate, sea-raider), from Latin <em>cursus<\/em> (course, running, race, way, passage, journey, voyage) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/corsair\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Are there any other words for pirate that I&#8217;ve missed?<\/p>\n<p>For more seafaring-related words, see this podcast, which inspired this post:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QPcOx29fVPA?si=7Z1leK4W9Cycdhfe\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited-728x90.gif\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you a swashed any buckles or buckled any swashes recently? Do you known the differences between a pirate, a privateer and a buccaneer? What about a freebooter or a corsair? A swashbuckler is a swordsman or fencer who engages in showy or extravagant swordplay, a daring adventurer or a kind of period adventure story [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,102,104,107,111,128,10,15,33,34,43,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-greek-","category-dutch","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-old-french","category-proto-celtic","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23462"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23469,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23462\/revisions\/23469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}