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Cimbri [sim-brahy, -bree, kim-] EXAMPLES| noun (used with a plural verb) a Germanic or Celtic people, supposed to have originated in Jutland, who invaded Gaul and northern Italy, and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c. Liberaldictionary.com
Related formsCim·bri·an, adjective, nounCim·bric, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for cimbri Historical Examples of cimbri
Had the Cimbri come at once after their victory at Orange, Italy had been theirs.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8
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The Cimbri dwell in the same region, on the shores of the ocean.
A Source Book for Mediaeval History
Oliver J. Thatcher
Not far from thence is another bay, Lagnus, which borders on the Cimbri.
In Northern Mists (Volume 1 of 2)
Fridtjof Nansen
But the power of Rome was not easily shaken, and the triumph of the Cimbri was but brief.
Clive Holland
The Ambrones were a tribe of the Helvetii, and more than once joined with the Cimbri.
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British Dictionary definitions for cimbri Cimbri pl n a Germanic people from N Jutland who migrated southwards in the 2nd century bc : annihilated by Marius in the Po valley (101 bc) Derived FormsCimbrian (ˈsɪmbrɪən), noun, adjectiveCimbric, adjective Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
