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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•ber /ˈseɪbɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used esp. by cavalry.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sa•ber (sā′bər),USA pronunciation n. - Militarya heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used esp. by cavalry.
- Militarya soldier armed with such a sword.
- Sport[Fencing.]
- a sword having two cutting edges and a blunt point.
- the art or sport of fencing with the saber, with the target being limited to the head, trunk, and arms, and hits being made with the front edge and the upper part of the back edge of the sword and by thrusts.
v.t. - to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] sabre. - Hungarian szablya, though derivation and transmission uncertain
- Polish szabla; compare Czech ŝavle, Serbo-Croatian sȁblja, Russian sáblya sword, saber, perh. all ultimately
- German Sabel (now Säbel), earlier sewel, schebel
- French sabre, sable
- 1670–80
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