SABER

saber, sabre

(noun) a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

saber, sabre

(verb) kill with a saber

sabre, saber

(verb) cut or injure with a saber

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Saber (plural Sabers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Saber is the 24982nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 995 individuals. Saber is most common among White (86.03%) individuals.

Anagrams

• BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, bares, barse, baser, bears, besra, braes, rabes, sabre

Noun

saber (plural sabers)

(American spelling) Alternative form of sabre

Verb

saber (third-person singular simple present sabers, present participle sabering, simple past and past participle sabered)

(American spelling) Alternative form of sabre

Anagrams

• BSAer, Bares, Brase, Breas, bares, barse, baser, bears, besra, braes, rabes, sabre

Source: Wiktionary


Sa"ber, Sa"bre, n. Etym: [F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr.

Definition: A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zoöl.), the cutlass fish.

Sa"ber, Sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabered or Sabred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring (.] Etym: [Cf. F. sabrer.]

Definition: To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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