All 5 Uses of
swagger
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- THE VISCOUNT DE VALVERT (shrugging his shoulders): Swaggerer!†
Act 1 *swaggerer = someone who walks and behaves in a highly confident manner
- Brawling and swaggering boastfully, The bold Cadets of Gascony!†
Act 2swaggering = walking and behaving in a highly confident manner
- CHRISTIAN: Pray, what skills it best to do To Southerners who swagger?†
Act 2swagger = walk and behave in a highly confident manner
- DE GUICHE: Ay, where serves your cousin, the swaggering boaster.†
Act 3swaggering = walking and behaving in a highly confident manner
- Brawling, swaggering boastfully, (He rushes forward, followed by a few survivors): The bold Cadets... (His voice is drowned in the battle.)†
Act 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(swagger) walk or behave in a highly confident or proud manner -- often arrogant and sometimes to impress or intimidate othersSwagger is often used to imply that someone moves or behaves as though they are so strong and capable as to be above physical fear. Such people are often portrayed on television as gang members or cowboys.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)