Sabine

1
[ sey-bahyn ]
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adjective
  1. of or belonging to an ancient people of central Italy who lived chiefly in the Apennines northeast of Rome and were subjugated by the Romans about 290 b.c.

noun
  1. one of the Sabine people.

  2. the Italic language of the Sabines.

Origin of Sabine

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin Sabīnus

Other definitions for Sabine (2 of 2)

Sabine2
[ sey-bahyn, -bin for 1; suh-been for 2 ]

noun
  1. Wallace Clement (Ware), 1868–1919, U.S. physicist: pioneered research in acoustics.

  2. a river flowing SE and S from NE Texas, forming the boundary between Texas and Louisiana and then through Sabine Lake to the Gulf of Mexico. About 500 miles (800 km) long.

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How to use Sabine in a sentence

  • The rape of the Sabines is another incident suggesting the same conclusion.

  • Tishy gave her account of it, but before she had done the Professor was thinking about Sabines or Lucanians.

    Somehow Good | William de Morgan
  • The Latins and the Sabines were more alike, and also more like the Greeks.

    Young Folks' History of Rome | Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • I heard from the Sabines that you were thinking of giving up Borneo; I hope that this report may prove true.

  • The Sabines and Romans were still striving for the mastery, and a husbandman among the Sabines had a wonderfully beautiful cow.

    Young Folks' History of Rome | Charlotte Mary Yonge

British Dictionary definitions for Sabine

Sabine

/ (ˈsæbaɪn) /


noun
  1. a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people who lived in central Italy northeast of Rome

adjective
  1. of, characteristic of, or relating to this people or their language

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