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hombre

1 American  
[om-ber] / ˈɒm bər /

noun

Cards.

  1. omber.

hombre 2 American  
[om-brey, -bree] / ˈɒm breɪ, -bri /

noun

  1. a man; fellow; guy.

    That sheriff is a mean hombre.
hombre 1 British  
/ -brɪ, ˈɒmbreɪ /

noun

  1. a slang word for man

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hombre 2 British  
/ ˈhɒmbə /

noun

  1. a variant of ombre

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Etymology

Origin of hombre

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

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