sabre
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French sabre < German Säbel < Hungarian szablya, cognate with Danish sabel, Russian сабля, Serbo-Croatian сабља.
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(chiefly US): saber
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sabre (plural sabres) (British, Canadian)
- A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- (fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
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light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point
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modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre
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to sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past and past participle sabred) (British, Canadian)
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sabre
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German Säbel
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sabre m
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- Anagrams of abers
- baser