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simitar

British  
/ ˈsɪmɪtə /

noun

  1. a rare spelling of scimitar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A brace of old French dueling pistols and a Turkish simitar were the only articles which might possibly have been dutiable.

From Man on the Box by Harold MacGrath

Then he gave them a sign to invest his son, Jahangir, with his turban and robes, and to gird him with his favorite simitar.

From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy

From his paralyzed hand the simitar fell to the grass.

From The Flying Legion by George Allan England

Robed in white muslin, his belt, simitar, dagger-hilt, and scarf literally blazed with diamonds.

From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy

He knew the weapon, a curved simitar inlaid with gold, and reposing in a scabbard of gilt metal and purple velvet.

From A Son of the Immortals by Howard Chandler Christy

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