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sabre

Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.bə/

The English word “sabre” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  2. A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

verb

  1. To strike or kill with a sabre.
  2. To open (a bottle) via sabrage.

Etymology

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

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