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QUARTERSTAFF (quarterstaves)
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Irregular inflected form: quarterstaves
Dictionary entry overview: What does quarterstaff mean?
• QUARTERSTAFF (noun)
The noun QUARTERSTAFF has 1 sense:
1. a long stout staff used as a weapon
Familiarity information: QUARTERSTAFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long stout staff used as a weapon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("quarterstaff" is a kind of...):
staff (a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose)
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