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Definition of Baccare
1. interj. Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess.
Definition of Baccare
1. Interjection. (obsolete) Stand back! give place! — a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baccare
1. backare [interj] - See also: backare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baccare
Literary usage of Baccare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Obscure Words and Phrases in the Writings of Shakspeare and by Charles Mackay (1887)
"B. baccare. Gremio, the old gentleman who, in the " Taming of the Shrew," is one
of the suitors for the love of Bianca, reproves Petruchio for his eagerness ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Eng., has the word ' baccare,' and his definition may throw some light on the
origin of the term. He says,' Supposed to be a corruption of buck there, ..."
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