speared
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of spear
Example Sentences
- "I must add, that a speared horseman, who said he had been sent to kill us, demanded ransom. The soldier coming up mediated. We compromised and the man got his fee. Perhaps, having a horse and spear, he was doing a job on his own account: if not, he got double pay."
- "Taken any way one can, an army on paper is not a satisfactory profession. […] those who shape its destinies are so ready to direct it against matchlock monarchs and speared soldiery; […]"
- "The curtain on the third act was about to go up when we went back, and we were very surprised, as we stood there and gawked, to see a handful of gigantic hillbillies in overalls, red kerchiefs and straw hats mixed in casually with the gypsies, booted soldiers and speared warriors who were about to stride on."
Etymology
From spear + -ed.