"yobo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yobos [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} yobo (plural yobos)
  1. Alternative form of yobbo (“person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: yobbo (extra: person engaging in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness)
    Sense id: en-yobo-en-noun-0yTUoX6P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: yobos [plural]
Etymology: Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|여보||darling, sweetheart}} Korean 여보 (yeobo, “darling, sweetheart”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} yobo (plural yobos)
  1. (military, historical) A soldier's female Korean lover or hired prostitute. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-yobo-en-noun-RXRsQwnp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 34 34 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (Hawaii) A Korean person. Tags: Hawaii Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-yobo-en-noun-Re~g1rdX Disambiguation of People: 8 40 52 Categories (other): Hawaiian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 40 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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