scimitar
noun
a curved, single-edged sword of Asian, especially Eastern origin.
scimiter,
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a variation of
scimitar.
Example Sentences
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He heard afterwards that the first king of Kisbakka, a country to the southwest, was an Arab, whose scimiter is still preserved by the natives, and infers that these people may be his descendants.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Joel Tyler Headley
Others succeeded, some heavily armed, others a la gineta, with lance and buckler; and lastly came the legions of foot-soldiers, with arquebus and crossbow, and spear and scimiter.
From Washington Irving by Charles Dudley Warner
“Dogs! what signifies this intrusion?” exclaimed Ibrahim Pasha, starting from the sofa, and grasping the handle of his scimiter.
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
Evidently a scimiter had performed this surgical operation, Pobloff mused.
From Visionaries by James Huneker
Others succeeded, some heavily armed, others à la gineta, with lance and buckler; and lastly came the legions of foot-soldiers, with arquebus and cross-bow, and spear and scimiter.
From Washington Irving by Charles Dudley Warner
