saber

especially British, sa·bre

[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. the US spelling of sabre

Other Word Forms

• saberlike adjective
• unsabered 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

Yet at other times he has rattled the nuclear saber.

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The Eisenhower library has several swords from the president in its collection, including a saber and a sword of honour featured in a current exhibit.

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The Army-Notre Dame rivalry writes its own storylines: the pope’s boys against the Doughboys, religion and the military, the cross versus the saber.

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It doesn’t matter that Dershwitz is the reigning world champion in men’s saber and a medal favorite at the 2024 Paris Games.

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So this is not surprising to me and is another case of Elon Musk sort of legal saber rattling winding up being nothing.

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Related Words

• sword