Synonyms for rapier
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rey-pee-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ pi ər |
Top 10 synonyms for rapier Other synonyms for the word rapier
Définition of rapier
Origin :- "light, sharp-pointed sword," 1550s, from Middle French rapière, from espee rapiere "long, pointed two-edged sword" (late 15c.), in which the adjective is of uncertain origin, perhaps from derisive use of raspiere "poker, scraper." Dutch, Danish rapier, German Rappier are from French.
- As in sword : noun saber
- As in sword : noun weapon
- I placed my rapier on the table and waited for him to speak.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- If your friend desire the sword, I have no objection,—I mean the rapier.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- The man with his face to me tossed his rapier impatiently into a corner.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- If it were not for the Princess I would feed my rapier with him.
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
- But M'Iver fixed him with an eye that pricked like a rapier.
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- The deep eyes that met his steadily had in them the rapier flash.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- They might have been compared to a rapier and a two-handed broadsword.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- As he spoke, he absently rested the point of his rapier on the ground.
- Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
- The rapier had penetrated, just under the right breast, almost to the rib.
- Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
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