Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long scarf worn over the head and shoulders chiefly by Mexican women.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shawl or long scarf worn by Mexican and other Spanish-American women, covering the head and shoulders, and sometimes part of the face, one end being thrown over the left shoulder; a kind of mantilla. Also written reboso, rebosa, and ribosa.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mexico & Sp. Amer. A kind of mantilla worn by women over the head and shoulders, and sometimes over part of the face.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
woman 'sgarment ofMexico , a rectangular piece of fabric worn as ascarf orshawl and sometimes used to carry children or goods.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a long woolen or linen scarf covering the head and shoulders (also used as a sling for holding a baby); traditionally worn by Latin-American women
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2009
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2009
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2009
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2009
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2009
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2009
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2009
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A "rebozo" - style bag, made out of reflective mylar that use natural or artificial light to encode messages into morse code.
Eyebeam RSS Feed 2008
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I look at the face of Tawakkol Karman wrapped in what we in the Spanish-speaking tropics would call a rebozo, and I see a riff on the face of the Virgin of Guadalupe, she who adorned the banners of the Mexican Revolution 200 years ago.
Susan J. Cobb: The Inner Virgin Comes Out In Revolution Susan J. Cobb 2011
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I look at the face of Tawakkol Karman wrapped in what we in the Spanish-speaking tropics would call a rebozo, and I see a riff on the face of the Virgin of Guadalupe, she who adorned the banners of the Mexican Revolution 200 years ago.
Susan J. Cobb: The Inner Virgin Comes Out In Revolution Susan J. Cobb 2011
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