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sombreiro

sombreiro is the obsolete form of sombrero.

Meaning of sombrero

Noun

sombrero (plural sombreros)

  1. A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
    • Beatrice looked up and saw a man standing before her; the huge sombrero overshadowed his face, but the light of the lamp shone on a large and glittering knife in his girdle.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 135
  2. A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
  3. A series of four consecutive strikes.
  4. (obsolete) An umbrella.

See all 6 meanings of sombrero

Forms of sombreiro

pluralsombreiros

Questions about sombreiro

What is sombreiro the obsolete form of?
Sombreiro is the obsolete form of sombrero.

Words near sombreiro in the dictionary

  1. sombre
  2. sombre rock chat
  3. sombre tit
  4. sombre tits
  5. sombred
  6. sombreiro
  7. sombreiros
  8. sombrely
  9. sombreness
  10. sombrer
  11. sombrerite

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