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/ˈseɪ.bə/ · noun
A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point..
Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.
The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.
There lie poor sallow workworn weavers, and complain no more now; women themselves are slashed and sabred, howling terror fills the air; […]
Use sabre when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sabre means A light sword with a curved blade, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point..
Common synonyms include saber, cavalry sword.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Jewan Sadit, who ſtood before the prince, obſerving his youthful temerity, threw himſelf between him and danger, and with a nervous arm, wielding a ſharp ſabre, of the hard tempered ſteel of Damiſk, ruſhing upon the tyger, he ſtruck him acroſs the forehead.
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