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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; < Spanish, by dissimilation and intrusion of b < Vulgar Latin *omne, for Latin hominem, accusative of homō man, Homo
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hombre
"a man" (especially one of Sp. descent), 1846, from Sp., from L. hominem, acc. of homo "man."
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[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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