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calibre
/ˈkæl.ə.bɚ/
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What does calibre mean?
noun
- Alternative form of caliber.
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An incident occurred which brought him into notice, and established his fame as a prophet of the first calibre.
Mr. Hunter's style, to begin with, is such as is written only by men of large calibre and high culture.
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If a man is a man, un homme comme il faut, he need fear no ill-treatment from others of like calibre.
Another type comprises a very light machine gun of rifle calibre, and this is intended for attachment to an ordinary motor car.
F. and B. leaped from their own animals, and F., with a little.28 calibre rifle, took a hasty shot at the big brute.