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Definition of Ombre
1. n. A large Mediterranean food fish (Umbrina cirrhosa): -- called also umbra, and umbrine.
Definition of Ombre
1. Noun. A card game, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic countable) A large Mediterranean food fish (''Umbrina cirrhosa''): -- called also umbra, and umbrine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ombre
1. a card game [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ombre
1.
A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons. "When ombre calls, his hand and heart are free, And, joined to two, he fails not to make three." (Young)
Origin: F. Hombre, fr. Sp. Hombre, lit, a man, fr. L. Homo. See Human.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ombre
Literary usage of Ombre
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"1 The game of ombre owes its invention to the Spaniards,and it has ia it a great
... ombre, a card game, very fashionable at the end of the i8th century, ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"BHB [Dublin University Calendars ; Todd's Cata- was, at Drury Lane, the original
ombre in logue of Dublin Graduates; Cotton's Fasti EC- j the 'Masquerade' ..."
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