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• a variation of assegai.

assagai

American  

[as-uh-gahy] / ˈæs əˌgaɪ /

noun

assagais plural

1. a variant of assegai.

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assagai British  

/ ˈæsəˌɡaɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of assegai

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• assagais
  plural

Example Sentences

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assagai assagais

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

There was a loud rattling noise at the same moment, for Joeboy had reached under the wagon to strike here and there with the shaft of his assagai.

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

Rising quietly, the trader advanced with a peaceful air, holding the tobacco out to the Bushman, who looked suspicious—and distrustfully shook his assagai; but Stephen took no heed.

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

I don’t think he would use his assagai except in an emergency.”

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

His Bootchuana companion at that time threw his assagai, which entered the lion's back.

From Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by Weir, Harrison

Then I glided out, my kaross tied up, the tobacco strung round my shoulders, and my shield and assagais in my hand.

From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts

Looking down, I perceived that the hunters were approaching the edge of the bush, which yet concealed them, wriggling through it like snakes, with their assagais ready to hand.

From Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs by Phillips, Emma Watts

But after all it was assagais against machine guns, and the Zulus were finally defeated at Ulundi, July 4, 1879.

From The Negro by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

Hazeygaeys are synonymous with assagais, the name for the short African spear, used by the tribes between Port Natal and the Cape, and which is generally supposed to be the native term for the weapon.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort

“Boss Val going to fight?” he said inquiringly, and as he asked his question he fitted his long, elliptical shield well upon his left arm and arranged his assagais handy for throwing.

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