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Saber (other)
A saber, or sabre, is a type of sword. Saber may also refer to: People *Saber (artist), (born 1976), American graffiti artist and painter Given name *Saber Abar (born 1984), Iranian actor and theater director *Saber Ben Frej (born 1979), Tunisian football player *Saber Chebana (born 1983), Algerian football player *Saber Eid (born 1959), Egyptian football player *Saber Safar, a Free Syrian Army colonel and defector from the Syrian Army *Saber Khalifa (born 1986), Tunisian football player *Saber Mirghorbani (born 1983), Iranian football player *Saber Rebaï (born 1967), Tunisian pan-Arab singer and composer *Saber Souid (born 1981), Tunisian athlete and hammer thrower Surname *Abdelilah Saber (born 1974), Moroccan football player *Alber Saber (born c. 1985), Egyptian computer science student and blogger *Ashraf Saber (born 1973), Italian athlete and runner of Egyptian descent *Danny Saber (born 1966), American musician, audio engineer, record producer, and remixer *Hoda Saber (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saber
A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the hussars, the sabre became widespread in Western Europe during the Thirty Years' War. Lighter sabres also became popular with infantry of the early 17th century. In the 19th century, models with less curving blades became common and were also used by heavy cavalry. The military sabre was used as a duelling weapon in academic fencing in the 19th century, giving rise to a discipline of modern sabre fencing (introduced in the 1896 Summer Olympics) loosely based on the characteristics of the historical weapon in that it allows for cuts as well as thrusts. Etymology The English ''sabre'' is recorded from the 1670s, as a direct loan from French, where the ''sabre'' is an alteration of ''sable'', which was in turn loaned from German ''Säbel'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
