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Sabre vs Sabra - What's the difference?

sabre | sabra |

As nouns the difference between sabre and sabra

is that sabre is a light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point while sabra is a native-born Israeli.

As a verb sabre

is to hit or kill with a sabre.

sabre

English

(wikipedia sabre)

Alternative forms

* (chiefly US) saber

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, Canada) A light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point.
  • (UK, Canada, fencing) A modern fencing sword modeled after the sabre.

    • Usage notes

    This spelling has become relatively common in the United States due to the hockey team as well as the occasional tendency to use British spellings for archaic nouns (compare theater versus theatre).

    Verb

    (sabr)
  • (UK, Canada, transitive) To hit or kill with a sabre.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "sabre")

    See also

    * sabrer * sabreur

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    sabra

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A native-born Israeli.

    • Anagrams

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