carabinero

[ kah-rah-vee-ne-raw; English kar-uh-buh-nair-oh ]

noun

, Spanish.

, plural ca·ra·bi·ne·ros [kah-, r, ah-vee-, ne, -, r, aws, kar-, uh, -b, uh, -, nair, -ohz].

1. an officer of the revenue service.
2. a frontier guard.
3. carbineer.
4. (in the Philippines) a coast-guard officer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of carabinero¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

But the Carabinero who guards the public morals holds (in the bulk) different opinions.

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A Carabinero, with his back ostentatiously turned to the newcomers, leaned on his rifle, whistling mournfully.

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Further, being a man of guile, he understood the ways of the outpost Carabinero.

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