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rapier
[ rey-pee-er ]
noun
- a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- a longer, heavier sword, especially of the 16th and 17th centuries, having a double-edged blade and used for slashing and thrusting.
rapier
/ ˈ°ù±ðɪ±èɪə /
noun
- a long narrow two-edged sword with a guarded hilt, used as a thrusting weapon, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries
- a smaller single-edged 18th-century sword, used principally in France
Derived Forms
- ˈ°ù²¹±è¾±±ð°ù-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù²¹î€ƒp¾±Â·±ð°ù±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rapier1
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Example Sentences
“A broken rapier can push the clutch perfectly,†he explains, demonstrating his technique with an imaginary sword.
Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.
But only after their rapier hosts punctured them twice in the opening 16 minutes with two goals of ruthless simplicity by Giovanni Simeone.
Lydia Millet’s most recent novel was a polished rapier called “A Children’s Bible.â€
It starts out small and thin, like a rapier’s blade, but I push more of the splendor into it, until I’m holding what looks like a massive broadsword.
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