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scimitar

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪmɪtə/Part of speech nounSorted aciimrstStarts with SEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade

Word origin

First attested in 1548. From Middle French cimeterre (15c.) or directly from Italian scimitarra, possibly from an unknown Ottoman Turkish word, ultimately from Classical Persian شمشیر (šamšēr, “sword”). Doublet of shamshir.

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  • Next door is a room devoted to Albanian history (“what a lovely scimitar,” I find myself exclaiming, my reserves of small talk inadequate at the sight of the family’s sword collection),[…]

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