sabre

[ sey-ber ]

/ ˈseɪ bər /

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noun, verb (used with object), sa·bred, sa·bring.Chiefly British.

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Words nearby sabre

sabora, sabot, sabotage, saboteur, sabra, sabre, sabre-rattling, sabretache, sabre-toothed tiger, Sabrina, SABS

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How to use sabre in a sentence

The grasp on the sabre would tighten; the quiet eyes would flash.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In time we will know if this was nothing more than sabre rattling or an all out war for control of the GOP.
The Gettysburg of the GOP Civil War|Dean Obeidallah|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But these resentments, They are the rocket fuel That lives In the tip of my sabre.
The Poetry of Charlie Sheen|Michael Solomon|March 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And then the printers, manufactured by new Dunder Mifflin parent company Sabre, began to catch on fire.
Axe The Office!|Jace Lacob|June 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST

He held the sabre lower, but the point was kept unwaveringly at the chest of his enemy; his teeth were set.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Well, we must try our luck with a regulation sabre; they can't well refuse it; ours is the stronger and bigger man.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
His open brow lowered, and his fingers instinctively began playing with the hilt of his sabre.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Where sabre, lance, and bayonet, right soon would turn and flee!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
At Moskowa his cuirassiers, sabre in hand, drove the Russians out of the great redoubt, but Grouchy himself was seriously wounded.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

British Dictionary definitions for sabre

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US saber

/ (ˈseɪbə) /

noun

a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade

a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand

a cavalry soldier

verb

(tr) to injure or kill with a sabre

Word Origin for sabre

C17: via French from German (dialect) Sabel, from Middle High German sebel, perhaps from Magyar száblya; compare Russian sablya sabre

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