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| ra·pi·er [ ráypee ər ] (plural ra·pi·ers) |
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sword with long slender blade: a sword with a cup-shaped hilt and a long slender blade that can have two cutting edges, or only a sharply pointed tip for thrusting
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| [Early 16th century. Probably via Dutch or Low German rappir< French rapière in obsolete espee rapière "rapier sword"] |
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