baccarat

or bac·ca·ra

[ bah-kuh-rah, bak-uh-; bah-kuh-rah, bak-uh-; French ba-ka-ra ]

noun
  1. a gambling game at cards played by a banker and two or more punters who bet against the banker.

Origin of baccarat

1
1865–70; variant of baccara<French < ?

Words Nearby baccarat

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How to use baccarat in a sentence

  • Presently Lady Weybourne, on her way to the baccarat rooms, saw him sitting there and looked in.

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • She passed through the baccarat room, came out again and walked the whole length of the larger apartment.

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • He made a little promenade of the rooms and eventually he found her amongst the spectators around the baccarat table.

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • At midnight the game of baccarat commenced: she had asked for "the bank," but the rules of the Club prevented her from getting it.

    The Enemies of Women | Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • It was a good game, baccarat, Arthur said, but you had to pay for it sometimes.

British Dictionary definitions for baccarat

baccarat

/ (ˈbækəˌrɑː, ˌbækəˈrɑː, French bakara) /


noun
  1. a card game in which two or more punters gamble against the banker

Origin of baccarat

1
C19: from French baccara, of unknown origin

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