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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caviare \Ca*viare"\, Caviar \Cav"i*ar\, n. [F. caviar, fr It caviale, fr Turk. Hav[=i][=a]r.] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia. Note: Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. ``'T was caviare to the general,'' i. e., above the taste of the common people. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caviar n : salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre [syn: {caviare}]
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