Bambino

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bambino \Bam*bi"no\ (b[aum]m*b[=e]"n[-o]), n.; It. pl. {-ni}.
     [It., a little boy, fr. bambo silly; cf. Gr. bambali`zein,
     bambai`nein, to chatter.]
     1. A child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the
        infant Christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     2. (Sports) George Herman Ruth ("Babe" Ruth), the baseball
        player; -- usu. in the form "the bambino".
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bambino
       n : a young child [syn: {toddler}, {yearling}, {tot}]
       [also: {bambini} (pl)]