as in guy
an adult male human being two tough-looking hombres sauntered into the bar and ordered … lemonade

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Recent Examples of hombre When Elias traded for Corbin Burnes shortly before the start of spring training, fans were thrilled not just because the Orioles suddenly had a bad hombre atop their rotation. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024 That may go unnoticed by most American viewers, but the presence of drugs, human trafficking, and plenty of stereotypical Latino bad hombres will be recognizable to them, based on other projects set in this region. Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024 And from there on is the creation story of the Mayan civilization, hombres de maíz. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2024 Two weathered hombre statuette by the entrance remain vigilant though. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 26 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for hombre 
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Noun
  • This is a guy who's done everything Trump's asked him to do.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The reporters were seated on the main stage and understood nary a word of his speech, although the Wall Street Journal guy faked it by writing stuff down.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Complete Bocuse by Paul Bocuse Amazon This is a recipe book by a gentleman, Paul Bocuse, who is hailed as the greatest French chef—or maybe the French people would say the greatest chef—of the twentieth century.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
  • And Kelce is as good as his word as his profile picture on X (formerly known as Twitter), has been updated to include a shot of the gentleman in question.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The first male sea otter arrived in the Elkhorn Slough, 35 miles north of Bixby Cove, in the late 1990s.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The right whales were identified as Catalog #4120, a 13-year-old female, and Catalog #5110, a 3-year-old male.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • And there’s almost no one in town who wouldn’t take that offering, except this scrawny dude.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Chris Martin is known for being a super-chill dude.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Darrow was in town to represent the McNamara brothers, union men accused of dynamiting the downtown building of the anti-union Los Angeles Times in October 1910 and killing 21 people.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • His save to deny Fletcher near the end of Wrexham’s 1-0 defeat away to the Yorkshire club in April was arguably one of the best against Parkinson’s men all campaign.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Hombre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hombre. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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