| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | om·bre |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m b r |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also om·ber or hom·bre ( hmbr, m-) |
| NOUN: | A card game, played by three players with 40 cards, that was popular in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish hombre, man, ombre, from Latin hom , homin-, man. See dhghem- in Appendix I.
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