Scimitar Definition
sĭmĭ-tər, -tär
scimitars
noun
Any of various short, curved swords with an edge on the convex side, as used historically in the Near East.
Webster's New World
A long-handled billhook.
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Noun
Singular:
scimitar
Plural:
scimitarsOrigin of Scimitar
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From Old French cimeterre (15c.) or directly from Italian scimitarra, possibly from an unknown Ottoman Turkish word, from Persian شمشیر (Å¡amÅ¡ir, “sword"), from Middle Persian Å¡mÅ¡yl (Å¡amÅ¡Ä“r) / Å¡pÅ¡yl (Å¡afÅ¡Ä“r, “sword").
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French cimeterre Italian scimitarra both perhaps ultimately from Persian šamšēr (Modern Iranian Persian šamšīr) from Middle Persian šafšēr, šafšēr
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
First attested in 1548.
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