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[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
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. |
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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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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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Language Translation for : hombre
Spanish:
hombre,
German:
der Mann,
Japanese:
男
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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