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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

1865–70; variant of baccara < French < ?
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Examples from the Web for baccarat

Historical Examples of baccarat

  • At last, when they sat down to a heavy game of baccarat, I crept away to bed.

    The Golden Woman

    Ridgwell Cullum

  • But as to Ronnie, bridge and baccarat and poker-patience are positively all that he thinks about.

  • Is baccarat a game you can be cheated at, then—I mean, when people are inclined to cheat?

    The Mark Of Cain

    Andrew Lang

  • The headquarters of the 37th Division were at Baccarat on the Alsatian border.

    The Fight for the Argonne

    William Benjamin West

  • Let's see, baccarat is the game where you have to try and get nine, isn't it?

    Mammon and Co.

    E. F. Benson

British Dictionary definitions for baccarat

baccarat

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

Word Origin for baccarat

C19: from French baccara, of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for baccarat
n.

card game, 1848, from French baccara (19c.), of unknown origin. Baccarat is the name of a town in France that was noted for glass-making.

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