释义 |
goom·bah \¦güm¦bä, ˈgümbə\ noun (-s) Etymology: Italian dialect (Campania, Abruzzo) cumbà, voc. form of cumbar, cumbare, gumbare respected older man, literally, godfather, from Medieval Latin compater — more at compeer 1. : a close friend or associate — used especially among Italian-American men 2. : a member of a secret chiefly Italian-American crime organization : mafioso herein ; broadly : gangster 3. : a macho Italian-American man |