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Meaning of schiavone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A surname from Italian.
  2. A backed, hilted broadsword of the 17th century.
    historical

Equivalents

Français schiavone
Italiano schiavone

Examples

“Once back aboard the raft and still in the grip of those tentacles, it was O'Rourke's assignment to stand quietly while his partner took a schiavone, a two-edged basket-hilted sword he had picked up in Italy, and methodically whacked off the arms of the octopus.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Schick Schick test Schicklgruber Schidlovsky's vole Schieber Schiebinger

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