( BrE ) ( US saber ) / ˈseɪbə(r); NAmE / noun
1.
a heavy sword with a curved blade
2.
a light sword with a thin blade used in the sport of fencing
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from French , alteration of obsolete sable , from German Sabel (local variant of Säbel ), from Hungarian szablya .