sarissan.
/səˈrɪsə/ Ancient History.
A long lance used in the Macedonian phalanx.
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1736 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. VIII. 146 They..broke the Sarissæ or long spears of others.
1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xcii. 77 The sarissa of this cavalry may have been fourteen feet in length.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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