poinards

English

Noun

poinards

1. plural of poinard
   • 1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 172:

     We should see the Champions of their Country sooner or later become her Enemies, and perpetually holding their Poinards to the Breasts of their Fellow-Citizens.

Anagrams

• paridons, poniards