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• n  a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
• n  a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
• v  cut or injure with a saber
• v  kill with a saber

• When Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck was rattling his sabre under the tremulous nose of France, a German professor stuck his finger into the dead corpus of the .
• When the sabre had been thoroughly rattled, Polish President Ignacy Moscicki and Foreign Minister Josef Beck, just back in Warsaw after conferring in Rome with II Duce .
• The sabre sisters, Mariel Zagunis, Sada Jacobson and Becca Ward, swept the board in fencing, the first team in 20 years to claim all three medals in that sport.

• saber
• cavalry sword

News & Articles

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• 'Dame Marie' points her sabre at being the world's best fencer
  This time, someone placed their wand on Mariel Zagunis and she was thrilled about it. It was a gentle touch of the scepter last Friday by 2012 Rose Festival Queen Kate Sinnott that made Zagunis, a two-time Olympic women’s sabre champion, “Dame Marie” and an honorary member of the Royal Rosarians. “You kneel before the Queen, and she says the magic words that make you a knight,” Zagunis says. “It ...
  June 13, 2013 - Portland Tribune
• Sabre Jamboree
  Sabre Jamboree Jun 30, 2013 End of season beginner tournament for kids 13 and under. This is a dry tournament (no electrical equipment required), beginners and intermediate youngsters are welcome. The cost of participation is $25. Hollywood Sabre Fencing Academy: Hollywood, FL Preregister Who's Coming Email the Organizer Map to 1318 N Dixie Highway Hollywood FL 33020 Sorry FRED has no more ...
  June 10, 2013 - WPXI Pittsburgh
• Sabre is seeking a leader for its GetThere business following the departure last month of Suzanne Neufang,
  a 10-year Sabre veteran who most recently was president of GetThere and Sabre Virtual Meetings. It was not immediately clear what Neufang plans to do next or whether her volunteer role as president of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives is impacted.
  June 10, 2013 - Business Travel News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in 940 News
  On "Meet the Press" Sunday, Obama said: "It's not the language we need right now, and I think it's language reflective of George Bush. We have had a foreign policy of bluster and sabre-rattling and tough talk, and in the meantime have made a series...
• Vladimir Putin in AFP
  For the first time in many years heavy military equipment will be used. This is not sabre-rattling. We are not threatening anyone.......... This is a demonstration of our growing defence capability,Putin said.
• Chris Drury in SI.com
  In early January, Drury told The Associated Press: "I'm open to anything, listening. I certainly love being a Sabre. What's not to love right now about hockey in Buffalo?"