Synonyms for dagger

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dag-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæg ər

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Définition of dagger

Origin : late 14c., apparently from Old French dague "dagger," from Old Provençal dague or Italian daga, of uncertain origin; perhaps Celtic, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian knife," from the Roman province in modern Romania. The ending is possibly the faintly pejorative -ard suffix. Attested earlier (1279) as a surname (Dagard, presumably "one who carried a dagger"). Middle Dutch dagge, Danish daggert, German Degen also are from French.

noun knife

Example sentences :

Mr Clayton was pushing me forward, and urging a dagger into my hand.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Yet his heart still seemed to fester with the venom of the dagger.
Extract from : « Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wiglaf stabs the dragon from underneath, and Bewulf cuts it in two with his dagger.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown

The stranger drew out his dagger, cut the meat, and they all ate in company.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

But you can cut off a vine-branch with a dagger or with a chisel, and in many other ways?
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Suppose that I go into a crowded Agora, and take a dagger under my arm.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

With an oath he got out a dagger that hung from his baldrick.
Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini

In an instant I was sitting upon him, my dagger at his throat.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

And he proffered his dagger, the only weapon that he carried.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

He laughed wickedly, and plucked his dagger from its sheath.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

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