saber

[ sey-ber ]
/ ˈseɪ bər /

noun

a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
a soldier armed with such a sword.
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)

to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.
Also especially British, sa·bre.

Origin of saber

1670–80; < French sabre, sable < German Sabel (now Säbel), earlier sewel, schebel < Polish szabla; compare Czech šavle, Serbo-Croatian sȁblja, Russian sáblya sword, saber, perhaps all ultimately < Hungarian szablya, though derivation and transmission uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM saber

sa·ber·like, adjective un·sa·bered, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for saber

saber
/ (ˈseɪbə) /

noun, verb

the US spelling of sabre