/ sɪˈgɑː(r); NAmE / noun
a roll of dried tobacco leaves that people smoke, like a cigarette but bigger and without paper around it :
cigar smoke
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IDIOMS
see close adjective
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WORD ORIGIN
early 18th cent.: from French cigare , or from Spanish cigarro , probably from Mayan sik'ar smoking. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.