sabine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico
    Sabine River.
  2. noun a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC
  3. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines

WordNet

Sa"bine adjective
Etymology
L. Sabinus.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy. -- n. One of the Sabine people.
Sab"ine noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines. Cf. Savin.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) See Savin.

Webster 1913