transferred. ? One who bears a bilbo. (Doubtful.)

A cavalry ‘unit’; a soldier armed with a sabre.

One who fights with a sabre; usually applied to a cavalry soldier distinguished rather for bravery than for skill in war. See also beau sabreur, n.

elliptical. A man armed with a claymore.

A kind of cutlass used in the Philippine Islands for agricultural and domestic work and as a fighting weapon. Combinations: bolo-maker; bolo-man n.…