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Partisans

Scope note

Staff weapons having a broad, tapering triangular blade with two upturned lugs or wings at the base, used as thrusting and cutting weapons but also extremely popular as ceremonial weapons from the 16th to the 19th century, and still occasionally used as such today.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300037032

Broader Terms used

staff weapons

Term used for

partizans

Equivalent Terms used

partisan

Created

13yrs ago

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