hombre

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hombre (“man; human being”). Doublet of gome, homo, ombre, and omi.

1. A man, a chap, a guy; especially a Hispanic or Spanish man.

   “[W]e're glad to learn that the Yankee bullet has not quite stopped your breath. You're all right, hombre!”

   “That hombre now with the worn out hat, tattered shirt, and fragmentary breeches, wears a sword. Bless you, his dignity would suffer greatly without it!”