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sabre
[ sey-ber ]
sabre
/ ˈɪə /
noun
- a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade
- a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand
- a cavalry soldier
verb
- tr to injure or kill with a sabre
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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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