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epeeist

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é⋅pée⋅ist

  [ey-pey-ist, ep-ey-]
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–noun
a person who fences with an épée.
Origin:
1905–10; < F épéiste. See épée, -ist
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é·pée also e·pee   (ā-pā', ěp'ā)   
n.  

  1. A fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and a long, narrow, fluted blade that has no cutting edge and tapers to a blunted point.

  2. The art or sport of fencing with this sword.


[French, from Old French espee, from Latin spatha, broad double-edged sword; see spathe.]
é·pée'ist n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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