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speare

speare is the obsolete spelling of spear.

Meaning of spear

Noun

spear (plural spears)

  1. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
    • It's not like you killed someone
      It's not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
      Talk to Jesus Christ as if he knows the reasons why
      He did it all for you2000, “Judith”, performed by A Perfect Circle
  2. (historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
    • Now toil'd the Bruce, the battle done ,
      To use his conquest boldly won;
      And gave command for horse and spear
      To press the Southron's scatter'd rear1815, Walter Scott, “(please specify the page)”, in The Lord of the Isles, a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [F]or Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; by James...
  3. A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
  4. An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
  5. In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
  6. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.

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Proper noun capitalized: Speare

Speare (plural Speares)

  1. An English surname transferred from the nickname or originating as an occupation.

Forms of speare

Noun
pluralspeares
Proper noun
pluralSpeares

Origin of speare

Variant form of Spear, from Middle English spere (“spear”), from Old English spere (“spear”), variously intending a spearman, a spearmaker, or a person tall and thin in a way reminiscent of a spear.

Words formed from speare

Questions about speare

What does speare mean?
Speare means an English surname transferred from the nickname or originating as an occupation.
What is speare the obsolete spelling of?
Speare is the obsolete spelling of spear.
What part of speech is speare?
Speare is a proper noun.

Words near speare in the dictionary

  1. spearcaster
  2. spearcasters
  3. spearcasts
  4. spearchucker
  5. spearchuckers
  6. speare
  7. speared
  8. spearer
  9. spearers
  10. speares
  11. speareth

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