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sabre

[ sey-ber ]

noun

Chiefly British.
sabred, sabring.


sabre

/ ˈseɪbə /

noun

  1. a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade
  2. a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand
  3. a cavalry soldier
“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

verb

  1. tr to injure or kill with a 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of sabre1

C17: via French from German (dialect) Sabel, from Middle High German sebel, perhaps from Magyar száblya; compare Russian sablya sabre
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Example Sentences

Picture this: Mr Gilliver is stood in a pitch black fishing boat hut, dressed head to toe in dark clothing, holding a “light sabre”.

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Then again his sabre rattling in the past hasn’t come to much, so perhaps it wouldn’t again?

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This in addition to his nuclear sabre rattling if he deems the West as posing an intolerable threat to Russia via the Ukraine war.

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Escalation is always a worry when it involves a nuclear armed state, and the Kremlin has not been afraid to occasionally rattle its nuclear sabre.

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The 26-year-old won her first match in the women's individual sabre competition, but was then knocked out in the last 16.

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