assagai

Noun
Synonyms: assegai

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)assegais

  1. the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of AfricaSynonyms: assegaiType of spear, lance
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

As′sa·gai (…), As′se·gai (…), noun

Origin: Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. Lancegay.

A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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