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 Photo : Getty/Rolex Aaron Paul: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Aaron Paul has once again shown some love for his hombre Bryan Cranston. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024 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 See All Example Sentences for hombre
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Noun
  • Show me another time in the history of New York sports when there was a vacancy involving a big job like this and the guy conducting the search for a replacement tried to interview a bunch of guys under contract somewhere else.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
  • Sometimes, those father figures were uncles, pastors, barbers, or that older guy from the block.
    Conial Caldwell Jr, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Gen was stupidly tall and although her shoes were falling apart, her relaxed, graceful pace made Emily think of paintings of gentlemen from bygone eras, the kind on paperbacks like The Age of Innocence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
  • Take, for instance, the scenes when Penelope tries to flirt with a gentlemen for the first time.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Suspect is white male, brown hair, wearing black body armor over blue shirt and blue pants and may misrepresent himself as law enforcement.
    Ben Kelly Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
  • The group of immigrants comprised of 12 males, 12 females and an 11-year-old child.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Those viral moments shifted her audience away from indie-loving Pitchfork dudes and toward a younger, more female crowd; her recent shows have been marked by throngs of adoring fangirls.
    Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 5 June 2025
  • The recognizable beat plays as two muscled dudes take apart the front room of a two-story house.
    Bob Verini, Variety, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Real Quiet is denied the Triple Crown when Victory Gallop edges him at the wire in the Belmont Stakes. 1999 — Andre Agassi rallies to win the French Open and become the fifth man to complete a career Grand Slam.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • Kim Ng, who became the first female GM in the history of major North American men’s pro team sports when the Miami Marlins hired her to run the team’s baseball operations in 2020, is taking on a new challenge: building softball’s version of the WNBA.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 6 June 2025

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“Hombre.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hombre. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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