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broadsword

American  
[brawd-sawrd, -sohrd] / ˈbrɔdˌsɔrd, -ˌsoʊrd /

noun

  1. a sword having a straight, broad, flat blade.

broadsword British  
/ ˈbrɔːdˌsɔːd /

noun

  1. Also called: backsword.  a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing

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Etymology

Origin of broadsword

before 1000; Middle English brood swerd, Old English brād sweord. See broad, sword

Example Sentences

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A phone rep told her Broadsword Student Advantage could get her monthly payments suspended, based on her poverty-level income, and help her apply to get her debt forgiven after ten years.

From Forbes • Jul. 29, 2015

Kotary agreed to pay Broadsword $500 and signed its forms online, without, she admits, reading them closely.

From Forbes • Jul. 29, 2015

In court papers Broadsword denies wrongdoing and says that it was simply soliciting business for Affordable, which as an SEC-registered adviser is exempt from the state’s debt settlement law.

From Forbes • Jul. 29, 2015

Nineteen lives were lost, but thanks to the brave efforts of the crew on board and those from nearby vessel HMS Broadsword, 280 people were saved.

From BBC • May 25, 2012

HMS Coventry'd been anchored at her usual station north of Pebble Island with the frigate HMS Broadsword.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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