garbe

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginOld French gerba →
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Meanings

garbe1

noungarbe (countable and uncountable, plural garbes)

plural garbes

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of garb (“clothing”).

Garbe2

proper nounGarbe (plural Garbes)

plural Garbes

  1. A surname from German.

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Origin

  1. Old Frenchgerba“wheatsheaf”
  2. EnglishGarbe

* As a German surname, variant of Garb, which is converged from words such as gerben (“to tan”) and Ger (“spear”). Compare the surnames Gerber, Gerhardt. * As a French surname, from Old French gerba (“wheatsheaf”) (see modern verb gerber (“to sheave”)).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

garbe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbe

MLA

“garbe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbe. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “garbe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garbe.

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