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 Definitions of rapier  [ˈreɪ pi ər]  

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Definition of 'rapier' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rapier
a small sword, esp. of the 18th century, having a narrow blade.

2.  rapier
a longer, heavier sword, esp. of the 16th and 17th centuries, having a double-edged blade.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < MF (espee) rapiere lit., rasping (sword); see rape3)

Definition of 'rapier' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) rapier, tuck
a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges


Definition of 'rapier' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) rapier
a straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting


Translation of 'rapier' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of long thin sword.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rapier Arabic flag Arabic: سَيْف طَويل مُدَبَّب الرأ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: рапира
Brazilian flag Brazilian: espadim Czech flag Czech: rapír German flag German: das Rapier
Danish flag Danish: kårde Greek flag Greek: ξίφος Spanish flag Spanish: estoque
Estonian flag Estonian: rapiir Farsi flag Farsi: شمشیر ویژه شمشیر بازی Finnish flag Finnish: floretti
French flag French: rapière Hebrew flag Hebrew: סַיִף Hindi flag Hindi: कृपाण, खांडा, नीमचा
Croatian flag Croatian: rapir, vrsta mača za mače Hungarian flag Hungarian: (hosszú) tőr Indonesian flag Indonesian: anggar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skylmingasverð, lagsverð Italian flag Italian: spadino Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 가볍고 가느다란 찌르는 검 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: rapyra Latvian flag Latvian: rapieris
Malay flag Malay: sejenis pedang Dutch flag Dutch: rapier Norwegian flag Norwegian: støtkårde
Polish flag Polish: rapier Persian flag Persian: شمشیر ویژه شمشیر بازی Pashto flag Pashto: توره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: espadim Romanian flag Romanian: sabie lungă Russian flag Russian: рапира
Slovak flag Slovak: rapier Slovenian flag Slovenian: rapir Serbian flag Serbian: rapir
Swedish flag Swedish: värja Thai flag Thai: ดาบหรือกระบี่ Turkish flag Turkish: dar ve uzun kılıç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 細長雙刃劍 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: рапіра Urdu flag Urdu: ایک قسم کی لمبی تلوار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thanh trường kiếm Chinese flag Chinese: 轻剑,轻巧而细长的剑

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