baccarat
noun
bac·ca·rat
ˌbä-kə-ˈrä 
ˌba-
: a card game resembling chemin de fer in which three hands are dealt and players may bet either or both hands against the dealer's
also
: a two-handed version in which players may bet on or against either hand
Examples of baccarat in a Sentence
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These junkets allowed wealthy Chinese to buy casino chips with renminbi, gamble some of them on baccarat or roulette and then convert the rest into dollars.
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Joy Dong, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Baccarat Live dealer baccarat is another common game type that bettors will see in the live dealer section of their preferred online casino.
—Kevin Wolff, cleveland, 6 June 2023
The jury apparently had succeeded in bringing out squarely and beyond any possible doubt the fact that the Prince of Wales, in view of the evidence that had been placed before him at Tranby Croft by the ladies and gentleman who had played baccarat with Sir Wm.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
Here are excerpts of three Associated Press stories from the 1891 cheating case, which the press at the time referred to as the baccarat scandal.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
The previous compact between the state and the tribe, which was signed in 2010 and was also designed to last for 30 years, fell apart when the tribe took issue with Florida’s lax enforcement of the compact’s provisions giving it a monopoly on banked card games like blackjack and baccarat.
—Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 18 May 2021
On the gambling floor, the baccarat tables immediately filled up.
—Mable Chan Janice Chung, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
Live dealer games include Spin a Win, The Money Drop, and many options for live roulette, blackjack, and baccarat.
—Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2022
Blackjack, baccarat, and other table games are available — but only electronically.
—Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 23 Nov. 2022
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Joy Dong, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Baccarat Live dealer baccarat is another common game type that bettors will see in the live dealer section of their preferred online casino.
—Kevin Wolff, cleveland, 6 June 2023
The jury apparently had succeeded in bringing out squarely and beyond any possible doubt the fact that the Prince of Wales, in view of the evidence that had been placed before him at Tranby Croft by the ladies and gentleman who had played baccarat with Sir Wm.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
Here are excerpts of three Associated Press stories from the 1891 cheating case, which the press at the time referred to as the baccarat scandal.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
The previous compact between the state and the tribe, which was signed in 2010 and was also designed to last for 30 years, fell apart when the tribe took issue with Florida’s lax enforcement of the compact’s provisions giving it a monopoly on banked card games like blackjack and baccarat.
—Gray Rohrer, orlandosentinel.com, 18 May 2021
On the gambling floor, the baccarat tables immediately filled up.
—Mable Chan Janice Chung, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2022
Live dealer games include Spin a Win, The Money Drop, and many options for live roulette, blackjack, and baccarat.
—Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2022
Blackjack, baccarat, and other table games are available — but only electronically.
—Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 23 Nov. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
French baccara
First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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