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saber

[ sey-ber ]

noun

  1. a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
  2. a soldier armed with such a sword.
  3. Fencing.
    1. a sword having two cutting edges and a blunt point.
    2. the art or sport of fencing with the saber, with the target being limited to the head, trunk, and arms, and hits being made with the front edge and the upper part of the back edge of the sword and by thrusts.


verb (used with object)

  1. to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.

saber

/ ˈ²õ±ðɪ²úÉ™ /

noun

  1. the US spelling of 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of saber1

First recorded in 1670–80; from French sabre, sable, from German Sabel (now ³§Ã¤²ú±ð±ô ), earlier sewel, schebel, from Polish szabla; compare Czech Å¡²¹±¹±ô±ð, Serbo-Croatian ²õȲú±ôÂá²¹, Russian ²õá²ú±ô²â²¹ “sword, saber,†perhaps all ultimately from Hungarian szablya, though derivation and transmission uncertain
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It doesn’t matter that Dershwitz is the reigning world champion in men’s saber and a medal favorite at the 2024 Paris Games.

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"Had that saber tooth been all the way erupted and fully in its adult form, and not some awkward teenage in-between stage, it would have just snapped right off," Moretti said.

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