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farbs

farbs is the plural of farb.

farbs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of farb.

Meaning of farb

Noun

farb (plural farbs)

  1. (US) A historical reenactor (especially an American Civil War reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the speaker, inadequate (for example, wearing a modern wristwatch with period costume). The opposite of farb is "hard-core" (or hardcore), someone who is, in the opinion of the speaker, an "authenticity fanatic".
    • "Farb was the worst insult in the hardcore vocabulary. It referred to reenactors who approached the past past with a lack of verisimilitude.1998, Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic, 1st Vintage Departures edition, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 10

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Questions about farbs

What is farbs the plural of?
Farbs is the plural of farb.

Words near farbs in the dictionary

  1. farbing
  2. farblondjet
  3. farbrengen
  4. farbrengens
  5. Farbrother
  6. farbs
  7. farby
  8. FARC
  9. Farcașa
  10. farce
  11. Farcebook

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