schiavone

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English

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Etymology

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From Italian schiavone, referring to the Slavs of the Doge's bodyguard.

Noun

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schiavone (plural schiavones)

  1. (historical) A backed, hilted broadsword of the 17th century.
    • 1973, Harry Allen Smith, Low Man Rides Again, page 41:
      Once back aboard the raft and still in the grip of those tentacles, it was O'Rourke's assignment to stand quietly while his partner took a schiavone, a two-edged basket-hilted sword he had picked up in Italy, and methodically whacked off the arms of the octopus.

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Italian

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Etymology

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See schiavo.

Adjective

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schiavone (plural schiavoni)

  1. Slavonian

Noun

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schiavone m (plural schiavoni, feminine schiavona)

  1. Slavonian

Derived terms

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