Cimbri

American  

[sim-brahy, -bree, kim-] / ˈsɪm braɪ, -bri, ˈkɪm- /

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a Germanic or Celtic people, supposed to have originated in Jutland, who invaded Gaul and northern Italy, and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c.

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Cimbri British  

/ ˈkɪm-, ˈsɪmbrɪən, ˈsɪmbriː /

plural noun

1. a Germanic people from N Jutland who migrated southwards in the 2nd century _bc : annihilated by Marius in the Po valley (101 _bc )

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Other Word Forms

• Cimbrian
  noun
• Cimbrian
  adjective
• Cimbric
  adjective

Example Sentences

In 113 a consular army had been routed by the Cimbri.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes

This danger, from the Cimbri and the Teutones, had actually been threatening for a long time.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes

Cimbri, the, 507 Circassians, the, 541 Clark, C. U., 317 n.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Kohl, the German traveller, visited the remnant of the Cimbri defeated by Marius, and was told that "sette commune parlano Cimbro."

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 110, December 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The Cimbri and Teutons were then still in full migration, and the Suebi did not settle down until Cesar's time.

From The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Engels, Friedrich