different between punter vs baccara

English

Etymology

punt +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?n.t?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?n.t?/, [p???????]
• Rhymes: -?nt?(?)

Noun

punter (plural punters)

1. One who bets (punts) against the bank.
2. One who oars or poles a punt (pontoon).
3. One who punts a football.
4. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand, slang) One who gambles. See speculator.
5. (Britain, Australia, slang) A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute.
6. (climbing) A beginner or unskilled climber.
7. The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
8. (Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.
   • 2013, James Patrick, A Glasgow Gang Observed

     He had stolen 'trannies' (transistor radios) and hub caps from cars outside the main hotels in Glasgow, turning the collection into money through dealing with a 'punter' at Charing Cross.

9. (Internet slang) A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room.
   • 2001, Roger A. Grimes, Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows (page 236)

     Punters generate hundreds of information inquiries to a legitimate user's client, such as invitations to chat. […] The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

Translations

Anagrams

• Turpen, turnep

English

Alternative forms

• baccarat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.???æ/

Noun

baccara (uncountable)

1. A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.

French

Alternative forms

• baccarat

Etymology

Likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin [1291?]. If by some Vulgar Latin *Bacchara, the town is possibly named from Latin Bacchi ara ("altar of Bacchus"; the original pagan reference of the name was forgotten), name of an ancient Roman castellum, of which there remains a relic called the "Tower of Bacha" on the heights of Deneuvre, from whence Baccarat is an ancient suburb. Other hypotheses have also been suggested, including descent from Celtic.

Probably linked to Provençal baccara, although if the town etymology is correct, this may present some geographic difficulty.

Pronunciation

Noun

baccara m (uncountable)

1. baccarat (card game)

Descendants

• ? Spanish: bacará

Further reading

• “baccara” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin baccaris, from Ancient Greek ???????? (bákkaris, “clary”), a word borrowed from Lydian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bak.ka.ra/
• Rhymes: -akkara

Noun

baccara f (plural baccare)

1. wild ginger

   Synonym: asaro