"smallsword" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smallswords [plural]
Etymology: From small + sword. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|small|sword}} small + sword Head templates: {{en-noun}} smallsword (plural smallswords)
  1. A light one-handed sword, designed for thrusting, which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. Translations (sword): шпага (špaga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), končíř [masculine] (Czech), スモールソード (sumōrusōdo) (Japanese), шпа́га (špága) [feminine] (Russian)

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