hombre

¹

[ om-ber ]

noun

, Cards.

1. omber.

hombre

²

[ om-brey, -bree ]

noun

1. a man; fellow; guy:

   That sheriff is a mean hombre.

hombre

¹

/ ˈhɒmbə /

noun

1. a variant of ombre

hombre

²

/ -brɪ; ˈɒmbreɪ /

noun

1. a slang word for man

Word History and Origins

Origin of hombre¹

First recorded in 1830–40; from Spanish, by dissimilation and intrusion of b, from unattested Vulgar Latin omne, for Latin hominem, accusative of homō “man”; Homo

Word History and Origins

Origin of hombre¹

C19: from Spanish: man

Example Sentences

Un hombre de caballo — a man of the horse — in the world of wicking polo shirts and bogeys?

From Los Angeles Times

“Yes, she was an academic and a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn. But she was a little bit of a street hombre.”

From New York Times

Rush’s decades-long career also includes films “Taza, Son of Cochise,” “Magnificent Obsession” and “Hombre,” and TV series “Magnum, P.I., “

From Los Angeles Times

Un hombre indígena sentado cerca de un cóndor andino en el Parque Nacional Natural Puracé en Colombia.

From New York Times

“No sólo de pan vive el hombre,” says an elderly priest reading to the congregation, quoting a verse from the New Testament.

From Salon