hombre

Definition

A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hombre (“man; human being”). Doublet of gome, homo, ombre, and omi.

Example Sentences

• "[W]e're glad to learn that the Yankee bullet has not quite stopped your breath. You're all right, hombre!"
• "That hombre now with the worn out hat, tattered shirt, and fragmentary breeches, wears a sword. Bless you, his dignity would suffer greatly without it!"
• "Coming towards us was the biggest, meanest looking hombre I'd ever seen."