Abor

noun

ˈäˌbȯ(ə)r

plural Abor or Abors

1

: a people inhabiting the Brahmaputra river region about 100 miles north of the town of Dibrugarh in northern Assam

2

: a member of the Abor people

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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