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hom⋅bre

1  [om-ber]
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hom⋅bre

2  [om-brey, -bree]
–noun
man; fellow; guy: That sheriff is a mean hombre.
Origin:
1830–40; < Sp, by dissimilation and intrusion of b < VL *omne, for L hominem, acc. of homō man, Homo

om⋅ber

  [om-ber]
–noun
1. a card game popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and played, usually by three persons, with 40 cards.
2. the player undertaking to win the pool in this game.
Also, hombre; especially British, ombre.

Origin:
1650–60; < F (h)ombre < Sp hombre lit., man < L hominem, acc. of homō man. See Homo
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hom·bre 1   (ŏm'brā', ōm'brě)   
n.   Slang
A man; a fellow.

[Spanish, from Old Spanish omne, from Latin homō, homin-; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]
hom·bre 2   (hŏm'bər, ŏm'-)   
n.  Variant of ombre.
om·bre also om·ber   (ŏm'bər)   
n.  A card game, played by three players with 40 cards, that was popular in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.

[Spanish hombre, man, ombre, from Latin homō, homin-, man; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]
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Slang Dictionary
hombre [ˈɑmbre]

  1. n.
    a man. (From Spanish.) : Who's that hombre who just came in?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

hombre 
"a man" (especially one of Sp. descent), 1846, from Sp., from L. hominem, acc. of homo "man."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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hombre

Anglicized version of the classic Spanish card game originally called hombre (meaning "man") and now known as tresillo in Spain and South America.

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