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En '''daggert''' er en [[kniv]] med en meget skarp spids, der er designet eller er i stand til at blive brugt som stikvåben.<ref>State v. Martin, 633 S.W.2d 80 (Mo. 1982).</ref><ref>California Penal Code 12020(a)(24): "dagger" means a ''knife or other instrument'' with or without a handguard that is ''capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon'' that may inflict great bodily injury or death. The State of California and other jurisdictions have seized upon the popular-use definition of a dagger to classify items ranging from a pointed kitchen knife to a tent stake as a 'dagger' under the law.</ref> Designet af daggerter går helt tilbage i [[forhistorisk tid]], og daggerter har været anvendt af mennesker igennem hele historien til [[nærkamp]] frem til i dag.<ref>Burton, Walter E., ''Knives For Fighting Men'', Popular Science, July 1944, Vol. 145 No. 1, p. 150: The dagger is classified as a type of '''fighting knife''', while a ''[[Kampkniv|combat knife]]'' is a knife '''specifically designed for military use''', and is thus only certain types of daggers designed for military use are considered to be combat knives. Thus, an ordinary dagger designed for civilian sale and use is only a fighting knife, while the U.S. Army M3 trench knife is both a combat knife ''and'' a fighting knife.</ref> Mange gamle kulturer benyttede daggerter der var dekoreret til rituelle og cerimonielle formål. Den særlige form og historisk brug af daggerten har gjort den til en ikon og et symbol.