Cimbri

American  

[sim-brahy, -bree, kim-] / ˈsɪm braɪ, -bri, ˈkɪm- /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a Germanic or Celtic people, supposed to have originated in Jutland, who invaded Gaul and northern Italy, and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c.

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Cimbri British  

/ ˈkɪm-, ˈsɪmbrɪən, ˈsɪmbriː /

plural noun

1. a Germanic people from N Jutland who migrated southwards in the 2nd century _bc : annihilated by Marius in the Po valley (101 _bc )

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Other Word Forms

• Cimbrian adjective
• Cimbric adjective

Example Sentences

Cimbri and Teutons, the, invade Gaul and Spain, 135; invade Italy, 136–137.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

In the subsequent year Marius destroyed the Cimbri also, on the Raudian fields near Vercellas.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

In 113 a consular army had been routed by the Cimbri.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes

Kohl, the German traveller, visited the remnant of the Cimbri defeated by Marius, and was told that "sette commune parlano Cimbro."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

A second war broke out in the time of Cimbri.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm