Multiple meanings:
1. An extravagant swordsperson or adventurer of some sort.
2. A sword-weiling hero/villain/person
3. A
play, movie, or
book dealing with a swashbuckler,
one who swashbuckles.
IMPORTANT NOTE: SWASHBUCKLERS ARE NOT ALWAYS PIRATES! Yes, most pirates are swashbucklers, but not all swashbucklers are pirates! Also, not all pirates OR swashbucklers are MALE! Get it? Got it? Good.
1 & 2. In that movie, he plays a dashing swashbuckler.
3. 'What kind of
books do you
read?'
'
Oh, mostly fantasy tales and swashbucklers.'