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light saber

light saber is the alternative form of lightsaber.

Meaning of lightsaber

Noun

lightsaber (plural lightsabers)

  1. A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy.
    • [Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker] Your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.1977 May 25, George Lucas, Star Wars, spoken by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)
  2. A real-world toy, prop, or device fashioned after the fictional lightsaber.
    • The country’s fencing federation has officially recognised lightsaber duelling as a competitive sport, granting the weapon from George Lucas’s space saga the same status as the foil, epee and sabre, the traditional blades used at the Olympics.2019 February 19, “Lightsaber duelling registered as official sport in France”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020

Forms of light saber

plurallight sabers

Questions about light saber

What is light saber the alternative form of?
Light saber is the alternative form of lightsaber.

Words near light saber in the dictionary

  1. light railways
  2. light ray
  3. light rays
  4. light roller
  5. light rollers
  6. light saber
  7. light sail
  8. light sails
  9. light sculpture
  10. light sculptures
  11. light second

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