Usually means: Slim, sharp, long-bladed sword.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. rapier: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rapier: Merriam-Webster
  3. rapier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rapier: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rapier: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rapier: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rapier, rapier: Wordnik
  8. rapier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Rapier, rapier: Wiktionary
  10. rapier: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. rapier: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. rapier: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Rapier, rapier: Dictionary.com
  14. rapier: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Rapier (comics), Rapier (disambiguation), Rapier (missile), Rapier: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Rapier: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. rapier: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. rapier: Rhymezone
  19. Rapier: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. rapier: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. rapier: FreeDictionary.org
  22. rapier: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. rapier: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rapier: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. RAPIER: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rapier: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Rapier)

▸ noun:  A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling
▸ adjective:  Extremely sharp.
▸ adjective:  Cutting; employing keen wit.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
razour, rip saw, rondel, blade, raik, raip, rapter, raddle, rugine, raspatory, more...

Opposite:
broadsword, broad-sword

Phrases:
rapier fish, North American XF-108 Rapier, Sunbeam Rapier, Ransomes & Rapier, Rapier loom, more...

Adjectives:
long, single, spanish, own, sheathed, slender, small, naked, hilted, old, light

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Similar:
razour, rip saw, rondel, blade, raik, raip, rapter, raddle, rugine, raspatory, more...

Opposite:
broadsword, broad-sword

Phrases:
rapier fish, North American XF-108 Rapier, Sunbeam Rapier, Ransomes & Rapier, Rapier loom, Napier Rapier, use a rapier, more...

Adjectives:
long, single, spanish, own, sheathed, slender, small, naked, hilted, old, light

Colors:
    silver,     steel gray,     gunmetal,     charcoal,     pewter, more...



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