saber

UK: /ˈseɪbə^r/ US: /ˈseɪbɚ/ ,(sā′bər)

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sa•ber /ˈseɪbɚ/  n. [countable]

1. a one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used esp. by cavalry.

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sa•ber  (sā′bər), n. 

1. Military a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used esp. by cavalry.
2. Military a soldier armed with such a sword.
3. Sport [Fencing.]
   • a sword having two cutting edges and a blunt point.
   • 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.

v.t. 

4. to strike, wound, or kill with a saber.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] sabre. 

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

sa′ber•like′, adj. 

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saber / ˈseɪbə/ noun , verb

1. the US spelling of sabre

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sa•bre  (sā′bər), n., v.t., -bred, -bring. [Chiefly Brit.]

1. British Terms saber.

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sabre, saber / ˈseɪbə/ noun

1. a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade
2. a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand
3. a cavalry soldier

verb

1. (transitive) to injure or kill with a sabre

Etymology: 17th Century: via French from German (dialect) Sabel, from Middle High German sebel, perhaps from Magyar száblya; compare Russian sablya sabre