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English

a sword

Etymology

Old English sweord.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular sword

Plural swords

sword (plural swords)

  1. (Weapon) A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, cut or slash.
    • 1509: Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently. — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
    • 1786: Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.
  2. Someone paid to handle a sword.
  3. (tarot) A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
  4. (tarot) A card of this suit.

Anagrams

Derived terms

  • sword bayonet
  • sword cane
  • sword dance
  • sword fern
  • swordfish
  • sword grass
  • sword knot
  • sword lily

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