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omber definition

om·ber or ombre om′·bre (äm′bər)

noun

a card game played with forty cards by three players, popular in the 17th and 18th cent.

Etymology: < Fr or Sp: Fr ombre < Sp hombre < L homo, a man: see homage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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