swagger

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Meaning · English

Fashionable; trendy.

Register: archaic, slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

It is to be a very swagger affair, with notables from every part of Europe, and they seem determined that no one connected with a newspaper shall be admitted.

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “swagger” mean?

Fashionable; trendy.

Is “swagger” formal or informal?

swagger is generally archaic, slang.