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sabre

[ sey-ber ]

noun

Chiefly British.
sabred, sabring.


sabre

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade
  2. a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand
  3. a cavalry soldier
“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

verb

  1. tr to injure or kill with a 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sabre1

C17: via French from German (dialect) Sabel, from Middle High German sebel, perhaps from Magyar áⲹ; compare Russian sablya sabre
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Putin rattling a Russian sabre was one thing.

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As she packed her bags, at one farewell event she was presented with a commemorative champagne sabre engraved with the words "always the Dame of DC".

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"The only feline species that was threatened at this level was the sabre tooth tiger thousands of years ago."

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Picture this: Mr Gilliver is stood in a pitch black fishing boat hut, dressed head to toe in dark clothing, holding a “light sabre”.

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Then again his sabre rattling in the past hasn’t come to much, so perhaps it wouldn’t again?

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