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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈseɪbər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈseɪbɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sā′bər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sa•ber /ˈseɪbɚ/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. a one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used esp. by cavalry.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sa•ber  (sā′bər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Militarya heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used esp. by cavalry.
  2. Militarya 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. 
  1. 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. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
saber /ˈseɪbə/ n , vb
  1. the US spelling of sabre
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sa•bre  (sā′bər),USA pronunciation n., v.t., -bred, -bring. [Chiefly Brit.]
  1. British Termssaber.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sabre, US saber /ˈseɪbə/ n
  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
 vb
  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
'saber' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: [brandish, carry, use, swing, raise] a saber, a saber-toothed tiger, [deflected, dodged, sidestepped] the saber, more...

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