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A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
<zoology> Saber fish, or Sabre fish, the cutlass fish.
Origin: F. Sabre, G. Sabel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. Szablya, Pol. Szabla, Russ. Sabla, and L. Gr. Crooked, curved.
American spelling: saber
(01 Mar 1998)
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