Definition of Sambos

1. Noun. (plural of Sambo) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of sambo) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sambos

1. sambo [n] - See also: sambo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sambos

samas
samba
sambaed
sambaing
sambal
sambals
sambar
sambars
sambas
sambhar
sambhars
sambhur
sambhurs
sambo
samboo
sambos
sambubiose
sambuca
sambucas
sambucus
sambuke
sambukes
sambuq
sambuqs
sambur
samburs
same
same(p)
same-blooded
same-bloodedness

Literary usage of Sambos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"MOSQUITIA, NICARAGUA, AND COSTA RICA 1701-1800. THE Sambos OF ... and called by the Spaniard Mosquitos, or more frequently sambos, the offspring probably of ..."

2. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"THE Sambos OF MOSQUITIA—THEIR TERRITORY—A MOSQUITO ... and called by the Spaniard Mosquitos, or more frequently sambos, the offspring probably of cimarrones ..."

3. Colombia: Being a Geographical, Statistical, Agricultural, Commercial, and by Alexander Walker (1822)
"Sambos. THE Sambo is the offspring of a Negro man with an Indian woman, or of an Indian man with a Negro woman. His colour is nearly that of a Griff or Cobb ..."

4. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"... in the western parts of the present provinces of Segovia, Matagalpa, and Chontales. The Caribs and Sambos It should be noticed that the first and ..."

5. Honduras: Descriptive, Historical, and Statistical by Ephraim George Squier (1870)
"... PAYAS, Sambos, AND CARIES. T HAVE elsewhere said that the Indian or aboriginal •*- element predominates in the population of Central America. ..."

6. Six Years of a Traveller's Life in Western Africa by Francisco Travassos Valdez (1861)
"... e Sambos—Bihe—Appearance and Character of the Natives—Ridiculous Practices—Cruel Sacrifices on the Death of a Chief—Bailundo. THE Government-general of ..."

7. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"MOSQUITIA, NICARAGUA, AND COSTA RICA 1701-1800. THE Sambos OF ... and called by the Spaniard Mosquitos, or more frequently sambos, the offspring probably of ..."

8. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"THE Sambos OF MOSQUITIA—THEIR TERRITORY—A MOSQUITO ... and called by the Spaniard Mosquitos, or more frequently sambos, the offspring probably of cimarrones ..."

9. Colombia: Being a Geographical, Statistical, Agricultural, Commercial, and by Alexander Walker (1822)
"Sambos. THE Sambo is the offspring of a Negro man with an Indian woman, or of an Indian man with a Negro woman. His colour is nearly that of a Griff or Cobb ..."

10. Central and South America by Augustus Henry Keane, Clements Robert Markham (1901)
"... in the western parts of the present provinces of Segovia, Matagalpa, and Chontales. The Caribs and Sambos It should be noticed that the first and ..."

11. Honduras: Descriptive, Historical, and Statistical by Ephraim George Squier (1870)
"... PAYAS, Sambos, AND CARIES. T HAVE elsewhere said that the Indian or aboriginal •*- element predominates in the population of Central America. ..."

12. Six Years of a Traveller's Life in Western Africa by Francisco Travassos Valdez (1861)
"... e Sambos—Bihe—Appearance and Character of the Natives—Ridiculous Practices—Cruel Sacrifices on the Death of a Chief—Bailundo. THE Government-general of ..."

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