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A spear is a pole weapon used for hunting and combat.

Spear may also refer to:

Software:

• SPEAR - Sinusoidal Partial Editing Analysis and Resynthesis SPEAR uses the McAulay-Quatieri technique and attempts to represent a sound with many individual sinusoidal tracks (partials). SPEAR supports flexible selection and immediate manipulation of analysis data, cut and paste, and unlimited undo/redo.

People:

• Burning Spear (b.1948), Jamaican roots rock reggae artist
• Eric Spear (1908-1966), English composer of film music
• Harry Spear (1921-1969), US child actor
• John Murray Spear (1804-1887), Spiritualist preacher
• Josh Spear (b. 1984), Trend Spotter, Brand Strategist
• Monica Spear (b.1984), Miss Venezuela 2004
• Roger Ruskin Spear (b.1943), founding member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
• Ruskin Spear (1911-1990), British artist
• Spear Lancaster, 2002 candidate for Governor of Maryland

Other:

• Spear (liturgy), used in the Byzantine-Rite Churches
• Cape Spear, in Newfoundland, Canada
• Operation Spear (2005), US military action in Iraq
• Spear Lúin, Irish mythological treasure
• Spear tackle, head-first thrust into the ground
• Beedrill, Pokémon character called spear in Japanese

[edit] See also

• Spears (disambiguation)

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