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halberd

noun

variants also halbert

Definition of halberd

as in trident

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Recent Examples of halberd Those Swiss guards would take that halberd and just take you down. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026 During different events, the guards will add white gloves, a black helmet and/or the halberd. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025 The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku. — Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024 Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game. — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 For the uninitiated, a halberd is a medieval weapon that looks like a combination of a spear and an axe. — cleveland.com, 18 May 2017

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Noun

The club's name is a reference to the trident, Ukraine's national symbol.

— Brian Mann, NPR, 25 June 2026
The Kings’ success will rest in how well Los Angeles adapts to Laviolette’s coaching trident.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

Definition of trident

Noun

Continue reading … 'SERIOUS SEXISM' — El-Sayed explains ‘ogre on a pike’ remark after getting torched by his own party.

— , FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Hicks’s fish topped the previous Idaho catch-and-release pike by ¾ inch, caught by Scott Blahnik in 2020 from Coeur d’Alene Lake.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026

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On the island, Heiva i Tahiti has been celebrated every July since, with traditional dance, drumming, singing and sports, such as javelin throwing and canoe races.

— Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
Nebraska's Dyson Wicker won the pole vault at an NCAA-leading 19-2 1/4, and Texas A&M senior Zaza Nnamdi took javelin at 269-10.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026

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