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poignard

poignard is the alternative form of poniard.

Meaning of poniard

Noun

poniard (plural poniards)

  1. (historical) A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
    • The sir King ha's wag'd with him six Barbary horses, / against the which he impon'd as I take it, sixe French / Rapiers and Poniards, with their assignes, as Girdle, / Hangers or so[…].c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Forms of poignard

pluralpoignards

Questions about poignard

What is poignard the alternative form of?
Poignard is the alternative form of poniard.

Words near poignard in the dictionary

  1. poignances
  2. poignancies
  3. poignancy
  4. poignant
  5. poignantly
  6. poignard
  7. poignards
  8. poikilitic
  9. poikilitically
  10. poikilo-
  11. poikiloblast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poignard (page history and authors); poniard (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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