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rapiers

rapiers is the plural of rapier.

Meaning of rapier

Noun

rapier (plural rapiers)

  1. A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling
    • […] In his lawless fit,
      Behind the arras hearing something stir,
      Whips out his rapier, cries ‘A rat, a rat!’
      And in this brainish apprehension kills
      The unseen good old man.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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Proper noun capitalized: Rapiers

Rapiers

  1. (plural) plural of Rapier

Questions about rapiers

What is rapiers the plural of?
Rapiers is the plural of rapier.
What part of speech is rapiers?
Rapiers is a proper noun.

Words near rapiers in the dictionary

  1. rapidways
  2. rapier
  3. rapier-fish
  4. rapiered
  5. rapierlike
  6. rapiers
  7. rapiest
  8. rapilli
  9. rapillo
  10. rapine
  11. rapined

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rapiers (page history and authors); Rapiers (page history and authors); rapier (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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