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{{short description|Wooden African javelin pointed with iron or fire-hardened tip}} {{about|the type of spear}} {{Refimprove|date=April 2019}} [[Image:An African soldier or 'Askari' on guard duty at No. 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943. TR1262.jpg|thumb|An [[askari]] guard at an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] air training school at [[AFB Waterkloof]], [[Pretoria]], South Africa, January 1943]] An '''assegai''' or '''assagai'''{{efn|originally {{langx|ber-Latn|zaġāya||spear}}; {{langx|ar|زغاية|zaġāya}}; {{langx|fro|azagaie}}; {{langx|es|azagaya}}; {{langx|it|zagaglia}}; {{langx|enm|lancegay}})<ref>''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', Fourth Edition. [[Houghton Mifflin]]: 2009. [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/assegai (TheFreeDictionary.com)]</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/assegai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328123723/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/assegai|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2019|title=assegai {{!}} Definition of assegai in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref> is a [[polearm]] used for throwing, usually a light [[spear]] or [[javelin]] made up of a wooden [[handle]] with an iron tip.
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