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1
: a fencing or dueling sword having a bowl-shaped guard and a rigid blade of triangular section with no cutting edge that tapers to a sharp point blunted for fencing compare foil entry 4 sense 1, saber
2
: the art or sport of fencing with the épée
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The events are separated between age groups, divisions of quality of play (IA, II and III) and by weapon (epee, foil and saber).
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Eli McKown, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2023
But he was allowed to go to Tokyo as an alternate on the U.S. epee team after an arbitrator overturned the suspension, and three teammates wore pink masks during a team photo in protest.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
Movies make life simpler for 27-year-old U.S. epee fencer Jake Hoyle, who lost his match in the table of 32.
—Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
Bouts in epee tend to be slower, with a high emphasis on counterattacks where points are one on sudden bursts of speed in a sport that's as close to 19th-century dueling as can be.
—Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
Fencing's medals will be awarded in women's individual epee and men's individual sabre competitions.
—Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2021
Shelby Jensen of Salt Lake City who will be competing in wheelchair fencing — saber, epee and foil — in the Paralympics in Tokyo, demonstrates one of her moves knows as the Matrix with her coach Brandon Smith.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
And Japan, which never had won a fencing title, beat the Russians in men’s team epee.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
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Eli McKown, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2023
But he was allowed to go to Tokyo as an alternate on the U.S. epee team after an arbitrator overturned the suspension, and three teammates wore pink masks during a team photo in protest.
—Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
Movies make life simpler for 27-year-old U.S. epee fencer Jake Hoyle, who lost his match in the table of 32.
—Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
Bouts in epee tend to be slower, with a high emphasis on counterattacks where points are one on sudden bursts of speed in a sport that's as close to 19th-century dueling as can be.
—Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
Fencing's medals will be awarded in women's individual epee and men's individual sabre competitions.
—Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 7 Aug. 2021
Shelby Jensen of Salt Lake City who will be competing in wheelchair fencing — saber, epee and foil — in the Paralympics in Tokyo, demonstrates one of her moves knows as the Matrix with her coach Brandon Smith.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
And Japan, which never had won a fencing title, beat the Russians in men’s team epee.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Old French espee, Latin spatha
First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“épée.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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