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saber

▶noun & verb US spelling of sabre.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sabre /ˈseɪbə/ (US saber)

▶noun

1 a heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a single cutting edge.
■ historical a cavalry soldier and horse.

2 a light fencing sword with a tapering, typically curved blade.

▶verb archaic cut down or wound with a sabre.

– origin C17: from Fr., alt. of obs. sable, from Ger. Sabel (local var. of Säbel), from Hungarian szablya.

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