om·bre also om·ber  ( ŏm b ər) or hom·bre  (h ŏm b ər, ŏm -)
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n. A trick-taking card game, played by three players with 40 cards, that was popular in Europe during the 1600s and 1700s.
[Spanish hombre, man, ombre, from Latin homō, homin-, man; see dhghem- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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