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

/ ˈseɪbə /

noun

1. See sabre
   the US spelling of sabre

Other Words From

• saber·like adjective
• un·sabered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of saber¹

First recorded in 1670–80; from French sabre, sable, from German Sabel (now Säbel ), earlier sewel, schebel, from Polish szabla; compare Czech šavle, Serbo-Croatian sȁblja, Russian sáblya “sword, saber,” perhaps all ultimately from Hungarian szablya, though derivation and transmission uncertain

Example Sentences

They might be hanging out in VRChat or slashing beats in Beat Saber.

From Science News For Students

Check out Beat Saber, Tilt Brush, or a personal favorite of ours listed below.

From Popular-Science

You can tell interesting stories without having light sabers.

From Nautilus

Indeed, saber-rattling or not, we should take Ryan seriously.

From The Daily Beast

The name of the group, paradoxically, is Procure Saber, which in Portuguese means, Seek to Know.

From The Daily Beast

It also may explain why there was no saber rattling on Syria on Sunday.

From The Daily Beast

“This is saber-rattling à la North Korea,” he said in a television interview.

From The Daily Beast

Reuters reports that Alber Saber, an Egyptian Copt, is going to jail for posting a video on the internet.

From The Daily Beast

A minute ago you were ready to fall before the first sowar who lifted his saber over your head.

From Project Gutenberg

A hideous yell of applause rose from the multitude, and again he plunged his saber into the carriage.

From Project Gutenberg

The saber is comparatively harmless; it serves to frighten the timid, but rarely ever deals a death-wound.

From Project Gutenberg

Nothing else would do; not even an old coat, or fish-hooks, or a cavalry saber would tempt him.

From Project Gutenberg

Captain Winfree, clasping Peggy's gloved hand tightly, led her through the saber-roofed aisleway as rapidly as he could.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• sword