Noun

1. A long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, cut or slash.

   • 1509: Unsheathe your sword and dub him presently. — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene II, line 59.
   • 1786: Some swords were also made solely to thrust, and some only to cut; others were equally adapted for both. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 49.

2. Someone paid to handle a sword.
3. A suit in the minor arcana in tarot.
4. A card of this suit.

See also

• bayonet
• claymore
• cutlass
• epee, épée
• falchion

• foil
• katana
• knife
• machete
• rapier

• sabre, saber
• scimitar
• vorpal
• yataghan, yatagan