farb
noun, verb
farb is a noun meaning “A historical reenactor (especially an American Civil War reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-R-B and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of farb is farbs.
What does farb mean?
noun
- 1
USA historical reenactor (especially an American Civil War reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the speaker, inadequate (for example, wearing a modern wristwatch with period costume). The opposite of farb is "hard-core" (or hardcore), someone who is, in the opinion of the speaker, an "authenticity fanatic".
verb
- 1
USslangTo act like a farb; to portray a historical character in an inauthentic way.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce farb?
- Australia
Farb has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-farb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of farb
- farbs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- farbing participle, present
- farbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is farb?
Farb appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).