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Synonyms for daggers

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dag-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæg ər

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Définition of daggers

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 :
  • On one of these daggers we see five hunters fighting three lions.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • They were all immediately seized, and at their feet were found three daggers.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
  • The rest of the assassins then rushed upon him, piercing his body with their daggers.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • The Cascellans were dressed predominantly in a collection of knives, swords and daggers.
  • Extract from : « Warrior Race » by Robert Sheckley
  • Before he could move, half a dozen daggers sank into his body.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • And when he spoke, his words were like daggers that pierced deep into her soul.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • And they had daggers with jewelled hilts, and these they were shooting at a mark.
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • "She is dead, man," said Cesare shortly, wiping his pair of daggers.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • She remembered how the two Sarahs had always been at daggers drawn.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed
  • Both were armed with pistols and daggers, and seemed ready to meet an attack.
  • Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope

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