Sabre

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈseɪ.bÉ™(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪbÉ™(ɹ)

Alternative forms

• (chiefly US) saber

Origin

Borrowing from fr sabre, from German Säbel, from Hungarian szablya, cognate with Danish sabel, Russian сабля, Serbo-Croatian сабља.

Full definition of sabre

Noun

1. (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
2. (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

Usage notes

This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).

Verb

1. (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

Anagrams

• bares, barse, baser, bears, saber