sword

Meaning
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- A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- A suit in certain playing card decks, particularly those used in Spain and Italy, or those used for divination.
- A card of this suit.
- One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Synonyms
large knife
military force
single stroke
armed might
foot sword
fencing sword
glaive
long knife
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[sɔːd]
Etymology
From Middle English sword, swerd, from Old English sweord (“sword”), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą (“sword”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂w- (“sharp”). Cognate with Scots swuird, swerd, sword (“sword”), North Frisian swird (“sword”), West Frisian swurd (“sword”), Dutch zwaard (“sword”), Low German Sweerd, Schwert (“sword”), German Schwert (“sword”), Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd (“sword”), Icelandic sverð (“sword”), Old East Slavic свьрдьлъ (svĭrdĭlŭ, “drill”).
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