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RAPIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rapier mean?
• RAPIER (noun)
The noun RAPIER has 1 sense:
1. a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
Familiarity information: RAPIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
rapier; tuck
Hypernyms ("rapier" is a kind of...):
blade; brand; steel; sword (a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard)
Context examples
They were both very white and cold, formal and unimpassioned in their bearing, but exchanging glances which crossed like rapier blades.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But, for my own part, I like the rapier.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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