Definitions
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- noun The act of
coaxing someone, usually throughinsult , into initiating aswordsman 'sduel , and subsequentlykilling that person with superiorskill so as to commit legal murder. - noun One who performs such an act.
Etymologies
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From English spadassin, from Italian spadaccino ("swordsman")
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Examples
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When first this spadassinicide business had been proposed to him, he had been so very lofty and disdainful.
Scaramouche Rafael Sabatini 1912
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