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noun Informal.
- saxophone.
noun
- Comte Her·mann Mau·rice de [er–man maw-rees duh] /ɛrˈman mɔˈris də/, 1696–1750, French military leader: marshal of France 1744.
- French name of Saxony.
noun
- a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.
noun
- the French name for Saxony
noun
- Hermann Maurice (ɛrman mɔris), comte de Saxe. 1696–1750, French marshal born in Saxony: he distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–48)
noun
- a tool resembling a small axe, used for cutting roofing slate
noun
- informal short for saxophone
n.1923, colloquial shortening of saxophone.