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Bayonne
French · medieval
"a city in southwestern France"
a Gascon city whose blades, according to tradition, gave their name to the weapon
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baionnette
French · 1500s
"a type of dagger or knife"
a dagger named for its city of manufacture
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bayonet
English · 1610s-1670s
"a blade weapon fixed to the muzzle of a rifle"
first a stabbing dagger, then specifically the blade fixed to a musket's muzzle
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