halberd

noun

variants also halbert
Definition of halberdnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halberd
  1. trident
  2. spear
  3. harpoon
  4. lance
  5. pike
  6. javelin
Noun
  • Begin at the Fountain of Neptune, whose trident inspired the emblem Mario Maserati designed for the company, first used in 1926.
    — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Hermann and Hargitay were Zeus and Hera, naturally, while their kids appeared to be Poseidon (with the trident), Ares and Apollo.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of trident
Noun
  • The fog rises from Mount Tamalpais like a spirit, slowly billowing over spears of feathery redwoods and fluffs of fragrant bay laurels.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Arrange the spears in a single layer on a sheet pan and toss with olive oil.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of spear
Noun
  • About 30 minutes later Mourmouras struck the swordfish with a second harpoon with a detachable dart head, which works much like a flying gaff for other big gamefish species such as marlin.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Inuit legend holds that a woman was dragged into the ocean by a harpoon rope after the weapon had hit a narwhal and was transformed into the animal herself.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of harpoon
Noun
  • Additionally, objects of cultural patrimony such as five pairs of moccasins, one coupstick, one Cheyenne cradle board and one lance were returned in the ceremony.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As for the Speed, the museum returned three ceremonial objects (a rattle, a beaded pipe bag, and a beaded turtle amulet) and 21 other items, among them beaded pouches and bags, moccasins, a coup stick, a cradleboard, and a lance.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of lance
Noun
  • Afterward, his head was stuck on the end of a pike, just as his son’s had been five years earlier.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The 50-seat bistro will open in October with à la carte dinner service, featuring dishes like Great Lakes perch with gribiche, pike quenelle ravioli with Nantua sauce, and cornbread served with pimento cheese and chicken liver parfait.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of pike
Noun
  • His deep ball and his javelin toss can easily clear 50 yards.
    — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The feeling came again when Wright, who played hockey, netball, tennis and javelin at county level in her teens, turned her hand to rugby.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of javelin

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