<human>:  Who invented the word ‘rapier’?
<bot>: Rapier is a French word. It means a small dagger or a short sword. The term was coined by the French, but the concept is older than that. The first documented use of the word was in the 14th century, and it was originally used to refer to a type of longsword. The term later came to be used to describe a small sword used by duelists.