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Sambo¹

  • /ˈsæmboʊ/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish zambo.

noun Sambos

  1. derogatory A black person, especially one who is accommodating or servile towards whites; an Uncle Tom.
  2. obsolete, offensive A person of three quarters African descent and one quarter Caucasian descent.

Sambo²

  • /ˈsæmboʊ/ US

Where it comes from

From the given names.

proper noun

  1. A nickname from the given name Samuel.
  2. A nickname from the given name Samantha.

sambo³

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of sandwich (pronounced "samwich") + excrescent -b- + -o (colloquializing suffix).

noun sambos

  1. Australia, Ireland, slang A sandwich.

    Similar: sanger, sango, sammie, sammo, sarnie

sambo⁴

Where it comes from

From Russian са́мбо (sámbo), abbreviation of самооборо́на/самозащи́та без ору́жия (samooboróna/samozaščíta bez orúžija, “self-defense without weapons”).

noun

  1. uncountable A Russian martial art and combat sport.

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noun martial art

한국어삼보 sambo
日本語サンボ sanbo
中文桑搏 sāngbó
Portuguêssambo
Françaissambo
Русскийса́мбо sámbo
Tiếng Việtxam-bô, xăm bô

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MLA

"sambo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sambo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

sambo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sambo

Chicago

"sambo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sambo.

BibTeX
@misc{sambo_2026,
  title = {sambo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sambo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}