poignard

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A form of poniard — A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.

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Meanings

nounpoignard (plural poignards)

plural poignards

  1. alternativeAlternative form of poniard.
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    Within, the palace is rarely still; there is a coming and going of great aristocrats in their brocades, silks and velvets, their chains of gold and silver, their filigree poignards, their ivory farthingales, cloaks and trains rippling behind them, sometimes carried by little boys and girls in such a weight of cloth it seems they can barely walk.

    1978, Michael Moorcock, Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen, page 1
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APA

poignard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poignard

MLA

“poignard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poignard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poignard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poignard.

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