Baccara \Bac`ca*ra"\, Baccarat \Bac`ca*rat"\, n. [F.] A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
baccarat n : a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cars that total closest to nine [syn: {chemin de fer}]