What does SABRE mean?

Definitions for SABRE
ˈseɪ bərsabre

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. saber, sabrenoun

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

  2. cavalry sword, saber, sabreverb

    a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

  3. sabre, saberverb

    cut or injure with a saber

  4. saber, sabreverb

    kill with a saber

Wiktionary

  1. sabrenoun

    A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.

  2. sabrenoun

    A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

  3. sabreverb

    To hit or kill with a sabre.

  4. Etymology: From sabre, from Säbel, from szablya, cognate with Danish sabel, Russian сабля, Serbo-Croatian сабља.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sabrenoun

    A cymetar; a short sword with a convex edge; a faulchion.

    Etymology: sabre, French; I suppose, of Turkish original.

    To me the cries of fighting fields are charms;
    Keen be my sabre, and of proof my arms;
    I ask no other blessing of my stars,
    No prize but fame, no mistress but the wars. Dryden.

    Seam’d o’er with wounds, which his own sabre gave,
    In the vile habit of a village slave,
    The foe deceiv’d. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

Wikipedia

  1. Sabre

    A sabre (French: [ˈsabʁ], or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the hussars, the sabre became widespread in Western Europe during the Thirty Years' War. Lighter sabres also became popular with infantry of the early 17th century. In the 19th century, models with less curving blades became common and were also used by heavy cavalry. The military sabre was used as a duelling weapon in academic fencing in the 19th century, giving rise to a discipline of modern sabre fencing (introduced in the 1896 Summer Olympics) loosely based on the characteristics of the historical weapon in that it allows for cuts as well as thrusts.

ChatGPT

  1. sabre

    A sabre is a type of heavy cavalry sword with a curved blade and a protective hilt, used primarily for slashing. Originating from Central Asia, it was used extensively across Europe and Asia during the 19th century. It's also used in modern fencing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sabrenoun

    a sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword

  2. Sabreverb

    to strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber

  3. Sabre

    see Saber

  4. Etymology: [F. sabre, G. sbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. szblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.]

Wikidata

  1. Sabre

    The sabre or saber is a kind of backsword that usually has a curved, single-edged blade and a rather large hand guard, covering the knuckles of the hand as well as the thumb and forefinger. Although sabres are typically thought of as curved-bladed slashing weapons, those used by the world's heavy cavalry often had straight and even double-edged blades more suitable for thrusting. The length of sabres varied, and most were carried in a scabbard hanging from a shoulder belt known as a baldric or from a waist-mounted sword belt, usually with slings of differing lengths to permit the scabbard to hang below the rider's waist level. Exceptions not intended for personal carry include the Patton saber adopted by the United States Army in 1913 and always mounted to the cavalryman's saddle.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sabre

    sā′bėr, n. a heavy one-edged sword, slightly curved towards the point, used by cavalry.—v.t. to wound or kill with a sabre.—ns. Sā′bre-bill, a South American bird: a curlew; Sā′bre-fish, the hair-tail or silver eel.—adj. Sā′bre-toothed, having extremely long upper canine teeth.—n. Sā′bre-wing, a humming-bird. [Fr. sabre—Ger. säbel, prob. from the Hung. szablya.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. sabre

    A sword with a broad and rather heavy blade, thick at the back, and curved towards the point, intended for cutting more than for thrusting.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. sabre

    A long curved or straight cavalry sword, with a broad and heavy blade, used for cutting and thrusting.

  2. sabre

    To strike, cut, or kill with a sabre.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SABRE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sabre is ranked #78316 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sabre surname appeared 244 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sabre.

    84.8% or 207 total occurrences were White.
    5.3% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
    5.3% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.8% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SABRE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SABRE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of SABRE in a Sentence

  1. Gavin Parry:

    Whether or not it's mere sabre-rattling on North Korea's part the timing isn't great considering the current uncertainties in the geopolitical landscape, markets were already legging down on the Caixin services PMI, which showed deceleration in a growth sector. North Korea's provocation was just the cherry on top of a day when sentiment was already tarnished.

  2. Peter Shirlow:

    I'm not saying there won't be some sporadic violence, but simply we no longer have the conditions of 1968. During each crisis, people have sabre-rattling and said we will fall back into the past, I have never seen any evidence of that.

  3. Wendell Stinnett:

    I like to work. I like working for Sabre, looking at our business, we bill based upon bookings from airlines, hotels, cruise lines. All of our customers were hit. The revenue stream dried up. With that information, I saw the handwriting on the wall.

  4. Peter Lowman:

    After a lot of sabre-rattling, we are seeing Shanghai suffering a lot more than Wall Street, so clearly the first round (of trade war) has been won by America. Unfortunately, that then overflows into emerging markets and Europe, so it's not a pretty time for investors.

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