One who slashes; a fighter, a bully; a slashing fellow.

One over-ready to resort to weapons; a bully, bravo; also, a cutthroat, highway-robber. Obsolete.

A burly violent fellow; a bully, a braggart.

A violent criminal, esp. one who fights with a sword or knife; a cut-throat, a murderer; a thug. Cf. hack, v.1 1a hacker, n. 2a. Now archaic and rare…

A violent thug; a murderer. Cf. hackster, n. Obsolete.

A violent or swaggering person. Also attributive. Cf. swashbuckler, n. Obsolete.

A braggadocio, bully.

Originally: a man given to or characterized by riotous, thuggish, and threatening behaviour; one who behaves in a blustering, swaggering, and…

A violent, aggressive person; a thug; (in early use) spec. a highwayman who is violent or abusive towards his victims, i.e. contrary to the image of…

One puffed up with conceit of his own importance, valour, etc.; one who blusters or swaggers; a hector, a bully. Obsolete.

A bully (bully, n.1 II.) who acts in support of or protects another person; a bodyguard, a hired thug; (in early use) esp. one working in a…

A man given to or characterized by riotous, thuggish, and threatening behaviour; a braggart, a hector (Hector, n. 2); spec. a dandyish man who…

one who hits from the shoulder; hence a pugilist, a bully, rough.

= shoulder-hitter n.

= whitecap, n. 1b.

gen. An intimidating villain, a criminal, a thug.