Assagai

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Variant of assegai.
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  • n. Alternative spelling of assegai.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A slender spear or lance of hard wood, usually having an iron head: now most commonly applied to the throwing-spear or javelin used in battle by the natives of South Africa, especially the Zulus and Kafirs. Also spelled assegai.
  • To strike or kill with an assagai. Also spelled assegai.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
    • Equivalent
    assegai   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spear    lance    shaft   
    Variant
    assegais   
     
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