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hotspur

(ˈhɒtˌspɜː)
n
an impetuous or fiery person
[C15: from Hotspur, nickname of Sir Henry Percy]

Hotspur

(ˈhɒtˌspɜː)
n
(Biography) Harry Hotspur the nickname of Sir Henry Percy. See Percy1
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hot•spur

(ˈhɒtˌspɜr)

n.
an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
[1425–75; late Middle English; after Sir Henry Percy, to whom it was applied as a nickname]
hot′spurred`, adj.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Hotspur - English soldier killed in a rebellion against Henry IV (1364-1403)
Harry Hotspur, Sir Henry Percy, Percy
2.hotspur - a rash or impetuous person
adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks
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The next day Hotspur, that was his name, came home; he was a fine brown horse, without a white hair in him, as tall as Captain, with a very handsome head, and only five years old.
Hotspur thought it a great come-down to be a cab-horse, and was disgusted at standing in the rank, but he confessed to me at the end of the week that an easy mouth and a free head made up for a great deal, and after all, the work was not so degrading as having one's head and tail fastened to each other at the saddle.
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Next day we were picked up by the brig Hotspur, bound for Australia, whose captain found no difficulty in believing that we were the survivors of a passenger ship which had foundered.
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On this last subject, he was now labouring with Athelstane, not without having reason, every now and then, to lament, like Hotspur, that he should have moved such a dish of skimmed milk to so honourable an action.
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This latter device was sometimes adopted at considerable violence to probability, as when Shakspere makes Falstaff bear away Hotspur, and Hamlet, Polonius.
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Even Hotspur, one would think, must have been patient in his slippers on a warm hearth, taking copious snuff, and sipping gratuitous brandy-and-water.
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