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Webster 1913 Edition
Sabre
{
, Sa′ber
,Sa′bre
}Noun.
[F.
sabre
, G. säbel
; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya
, Pol. szabla
, Russ. sabla
, and L. Gr. ζαβόσ
crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
Saber fish
, or
Sabre fish
(Zool.)
, the cutlass fish.
{
, Sa′ber
,Sa′bre
}Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sabered
or Sabred
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sabering
or Sabring
.] [Cf. F.
sabrer
.] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
You send troops to
saber
and bayonet us into submission. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sabre
SABRE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sabre
sabre
English
Alternative forms
- (chiefly US): saber
Noun
sabre (plural sabres)
- (Britain, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
- (Britain, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.
Usage notes
This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the Buffalo Sabres hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).
Translations
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
Verb
sabre (third-person singular simple present sabres, present participle sabring, simple past and past participle sabred)
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:sabre.
See also
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sabʁ/
Noun
sabre m (plural sabres)
- a single-edged sword
- the force, arms
- cutlassfish