baccarat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of baccarat
1865–70; variant of baccara < French < ?
Example Sentences
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Ask people for a recent mahjong cultural reference and chances are they’ll cite 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” the blockbuster that shone a Baccarat chandelier on Singapore’s 0.1%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A senior staff member at France's presidential palace will stand trial over the alleged theft of precious tableware, including Baccarat Champagne glasses and Sèvres porcelain plates.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
The extravagant abode features soaring 50-foot ceilings, Italian-style gardens, and Baccarat crystal chandeliers so heavy they had to be hung from steel beams.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025
Gorrin bought the 4,500-square-foot Manhattan apartment on the 47th floor of the Baccarat Hotel & Residences for $18.8 million in November 2017, at the height of Venezuela's economic collapse, New York City property records show.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2022
From thence an etappen-route and telegraph-line were opened to Lun�ville and Nancy, magazines were formed, and the trains, which were following the Corps from Saverne by Blamont to Baccarat, were brought up.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
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