assagai

American  

[as-uh-gahy] / ˈæs əˌgaɪ /

noun

plural

assagais, assagaied, assagaiing

1. a variant of assegai.

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assagai British  

/ ˈæsəˌɡaɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of assegai

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Example Sentences

Impersonal, implacable, patient, he waits the consummation of justice, knowing his thought will eventually bring his enemy within range of his assagai which he has learned to hurl with his feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then I found that Joeboy had crept round to my right side, between me and the next trooper, and, assagai in hand, was holding on to my saddle with his left hand.

From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville

The bow and arrow, the spear and assagai were the primitive weapons of African warriors; but they have learned the use of fire-arms within the last quarter of a century.

From History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by Williams, George Washington

Their weapons were the spear or assagai, and a sort of wooden club, occasionally a crescent-shaped battle-axe, and still less frequently the bow.

From Impressions of South Africa by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

Opening his eyes again, he beheld a sturdy Bushman gazing at him in open-mouthed surprise, with an uplifted assagai in his hand.

From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)