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halbert

halbert is the alternative form of halberd.

Meaning of halberd

Noun

halberd (plural halberds)

  1. A two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.

Proper noun capitalized: Halbert

Halbert (countable and uncountable, plural Halberts)

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Martin County, Indiana, United States.

Forms of halbert

Noun
pluralhalberts
Proper noun
pluralHalberts

Questions about halbert

What does halbert mean?
Halbert means a surname.
What is halbert the alternative form of?
Halbert is the alternative form of halberd.
What part of speech is halbert?
Halbert is a proper noun.

Words near halbert in the dictionary

  1. halberjects
  2. Halberstadt
  3. Halberstadts
  4. Halberstam
  5. Halberstams
  6. halbert
  7. Halberton
  8. halberts
  9. Halbfinger
  10. Halbfingers
  11. Halbi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: halbert (page history and authors); Halbert (page history and authors); halberd (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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