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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SABRE, n. A sword or cimitar with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and a little falcated or hooked at the point; a faulchion.
SABER, v.t. To strike, cut or kill with a saber. A small party was surprised at night and almost every man sabered.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle [syn: saber, sabre]
2: a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back [syn: cavalry sword, saber, sabre] v
1: cut or injure with a saber [syn: sabre, saber]
2: kill with a saber [syn: saber, sabre]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun see saber I II. transitive verb see saber II

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. (US saber) --n. 1 a cavalry sword with a curved blade. 2 a cavalry soldier and horse. 3 a light fencing-sword with a tapering blade. --v.tr. cut down or wound with a sabre. Phrases and idioms: sabre-bill any S. American bird of the genus Campylorhamphus with a long curved bill. sabre-cut 1 a blow with a sabre. 2 a wound made or a scar left by this. sabre-rattling a display or threat of military force. sabre-toothed designating any of various extinct mammals having long sabre-shaped upper canines. sabre-wing a S. American humming-bird, Campylopterus falcatus, with curved wings. Etymology: F, earlier sable f. G Sabel, S{auml}bel, Schabel f. Pol. szabla or Magyar szablya

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Saber Sa"ber, Sabre Sa"bre, n. [F. sabre, G. s["a]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz['a]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zo["o]l.), the cutlass fish.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Saber Sa"ber, Sabre Sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saberedor Sabred; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring.] [Cf. F. sabrer.] To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. --Burke.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sabre Sa"bre, n. & v. See Saber.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(sabres) Note: in AM, use 'saber' A sabre is a heavy sword with a curved blade that was used in the past by soldiers on horseback. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Cavalry sword, dragoon's sword, falchion.