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swartrutter
ˈswartˌrutter Obs. exc. Hist. Also 6 swartroter, swart(e) rutter, swartrytter, swarthrutter. [a. early mod.Du. swartrutter (in Kilian swerte ruyters pl.): see swart a. and rutter1.] One of a class of irregular troopers, with black dress and armour and blackened faces, who infested the Netherlands in...
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swashruter
† swashruter Obs. If not a misprint, ? a combination of swashbuckler and swartrutter.1582 Stanyhurst æneis i. 15 Then sootherne swashruter [orig. procacibus Austris]..Flundge vs on high shelueflats.
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