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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[F., fr. It.

spadaccino

a swordsman, from

spada

a sword.]

A bravo; a bully; a duelist.

Ld. Lytton.

spadassin ‎(plural spadassins)

a fighter, duelist.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
  Bully-swordsmen, ‛Spadassins’ of that party, go swaggering; or indeed they can be had for a trifle of money.

spadassin m ‎(plural spadassins)