theodore bilbo

noun

1. Theodore Gil·more [gil-mawr, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr, -moʊr/, 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.

noun plural -bos or -boes

1. (formerly) a sword with a marked temper and elasticity

n.kind of sword noted for temper and elasticity, 1590s, from Bilbao, town in northern Spain where swords were made, in English Bilboa. The town name is Roman Bellum Vadum “beautiful ford” (over the Nervion River).