| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| gisarme |
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| SYLLABICATION: | gi·sarme |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g -zärm |
| NOUN: | A halberd with a long shaft and two-sided blade, carried by medieval foot soldiers. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French guisarme, possibly from Old High German get sarn : getan, to weed + sarn, iron; see eis- in Appendix I.
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