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saber

[ sey-ber ]

noun

  1. a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
  2. a soldier armed with such a sword.
  3. Fencing.
    1. a sword having two cutting edges and a blunt point.
    2. 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.


verb (used with object)

  1. to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.

saber

/ ˈseɪbə /

noun

  1. the US spelling of sabre
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • saber·like adjective
  • un·sabered adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of saber1

First recorded in 1670–80; from French sabre, sable, from German Sabel (now Säbel ), earlier sewel, schebel, from Polish szabla; compare Czech šavle, Serbo-Croatian sȁblja, Russian sáblya “sword, saber,” perhaps all ultimately from Hungarian szablya, though derivation and transmission uncertain
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Example Sentences

The Army-Notre Dame rivalry writes its own storylines: the pope’s boys against the Doughboys, religion and the military, the cross versus the saber.

It doesn’t matter that Dershwitz is the reigning world champion in men’s saber and a medal favorite at the 2024 Paris Games.

So this is not surprising to me and is another case of Elon Musk sort of legal saber rattling winding up being nothing.

"Had that saber tooth been all the way erupted and fully in its adult form, and not some awkward teenage in-between stage, it would have just snapped right off," Moretti said.

His wartime saber, its sheath and a military chest marked “books” were on the block for $71,500.

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