hotspur
noun
an impetuous or reckless person; a hothead.
hotspurs
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pluralof hotspur.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The hotspurs among the water-patriots dream of a first-class navy which might rival, yes, even surpass the British fleet.
From What Germany Thinks The War as Germans see it by Thomas F. A. Smith
I can’t even have due respect for them, these indiscreet hotspurs.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
But the Southern hotspurs, who understood the vacillating old man, threatened secession and general ruin unless he adopted their program.
From Life of Stephen A. Douglas by William Gardner
This kindness makes me fear my master's head: Such hotspurs must have game, howe'er they get it.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
So that the cry "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" meant that these hotspurs demanded the whole of Oregon or war with Great Britain.
From This Country of Ours by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
