(n.) A French game of cards, played by a banker and punters.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our hero duels the wicked communist Le Chiffre across the baccarat table.
(2) In a late book of short stories, Flashman and the Tiger (1999), Flashman, up against Bismarck again, averts a European war in 'The Road to Charing Cross', is involved in a celebrated royal scandal concerning Edward VII in 'The Subtleties of Baccarat', and, in the title story, 'Flashman and the Tiger', he is found at the battle of Rorke's Drift before encountering Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.