cabre
/kəˈbɹeɪ/
cabre is the alternative spelling of cabré.
Meaning of cabré
Adjective
cabré
- Rearing; forcené.
- [...] 2, gules, two joined hands proper, parée purple, accompanied by three stars or (two in chief, and one in base); 3, gules, a horse, cabré argent; 4, azure, a ship with three masts proper, sails inflated,[…]1907, Cyrus Adler, Isidore Singer, The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day...
- With the nose up and the tail down.
Noun
cabre (plural cabres)
- A person of mixed black and mulatto descent.
- Further, the registration returns for some colonies provided only a generalized “coloured” or “mulatto” category, […] The Trinidad registration returns certainly provide clear examples of mulatto-black couples having cabre children, but […]1995, B. W. Higman, Slave Populations of the British Caribbean, 1807-1834, University of West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 154
Forms of cabre
| plural | cabres |
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Words that rhyme with cabre
Questions about cabre
- What does cabre mean?
- Cabre means a person of mixed black and mulatto descent.
- What is cabre the alternative spelling of?
- Cabre is the alternative spelling of cabré.
- What part of speech is cabre?
- Cabre is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cabre?
- Cabre is pronounced /kəˈbɹeɪ/.
- What is the plural of cabre?
- The plural of cabre is cabres.
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