bicheiro

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noun

One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America.

OriginPortuguese bicheiro →
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Meanings

nounbicheiro (plural bicheiros)

plural bicheiros

  1. One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America.

    Today it is played everywhere in Brazil, including remote corners of the Amazon, but continues to be controlled from Rio by about a dozen bosses, called bicheiros.

    2007 June 7, Larry Rohter, “Brazilian Numbers Game Ties Officials to Mobsters”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Portuguesebicheiro
  2. Englishbicheiro

Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro.

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Cite this entry
APA

bicheiro. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicheiro

MLA

“bicheiro.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicheiro. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bicheiro,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bicheiro.

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