assagai Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
    assegai.

WordNet

As"sa*gai, As"se*gai noun (Also<
  • Assagai
  • Assegai
)
Etymology
Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. Lancegay.
Definitions
  1. A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.

Webster 1913