cigar

noun

ci·​gar si-ˈgär How to pronounce cigar (audio)
: a small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

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After emerging from a bath – Churchill naked and smoking a cigar – walked into the Lincoln Bedroom and saw the spirit of Abraham Lincoln by the fireplace. James Powel, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 The folklore continues through the grounds with a phantom whistle, reports of seeing Jackson's ghost and the smell of a his cigar smoke in the garden where his wife, Rachel, is buried. Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025 Sweeties also sells funky sodas (like grass and Martian-poop flavored,) as well as unique chocolate cigar candies and lollypops with ants in them. Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025 There is also a five-hole golf course with a driving range, sports court, skate park and wine-and-cigar cellar. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cigar

Word History

Etymology

Spanish cigarro

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cigar was in 1730

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“Cigar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cigar. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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cigar

noun
ci·​gar sig-ˈär How to pronounce cigar (audio)
: a roll of tobacco leaf for smoking

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