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sabre

UK/ˈseɪ.bə/ US/ˈseɪ.bɚ/ uncommon uk
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

verb

1.

cut or injure with a saber

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2.

kill with a saber

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Origin

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

Phrases

  • en coup de sabre
  • false sabre-toothed cat
  • rattle a sabre
  • rattle one's sabre
  • rattle the sabre
  • sabre carp
  • sabre leg
  • sabre rattle
  • sabre rattling

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