noun

scimitar

SIH-mih-tuh

noun

A sword with a curved blade, originally associated with the Middle East and Central Asia.

"The museum displayed an ornate scimitar once owned by a sultan."

How to Use Scimitar

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In plain EnglishA curved sword, often pictured in stories set in the Middle East or Central Asia.

scimitared past tense, scimitars plural, scimitars singular

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First recorded in English in 1548, from French cimeterre or Italian scimitarra, ultimately traced back to a Persian word for "sword."

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