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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dag-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæg ər

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Définition of dagger

Origin :
  • late 14c., apparently from Old French dague "dagger," from Old Provençal dague or Italian daga, of uncertain origin; perhaps Celtic, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *daca "Dacian knife," from the Roman province in modern Romania. The ending is possibly the faintly pejorative -ard suffix. Attested earlier (1279) as a surname (Dagard, presumably "one who carried a dagger"). Middle Dutch dagge, Danish daggert, German Degen also are from French.
  • noun knife
Example sentences :
  • Mr Clayton was pushing me forward, and urging a dagger into my hand.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Yet his heart still seemed to fester with the venom of the dagger.
  • Extract from : « Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Wiglaf stabs the dragon from underneath, and Bewulf cuts it in two with his dagger.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • The stranger drew out his dagger, cut the meat, and they all ate in company.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • But you can cut off a vine-branch with a dagger or with a chisel, and in many other ways?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Suppose that I go into a crowded Agora, and take a dagger under my arm.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • With an oath he got out a dagger that hung from his baldrick.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • In an instant I was sitting upon him, my dagger at his throat.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • And he proffered his dagger, the only weapon that he carried.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He laughed wickedly, and plucked his dagger from its sheath.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

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