bouchier
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”).
Noun
editbouchier oblique singular, m (oblique plural bouchiers, nominative singular bouchiers, nominative plural bouchier)
- butcher
- 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:
- A Abevile ot un bouchier,
Que si voison orent molt chier.- In Abbeville there was a butcher,
Held in high esteem by his neighbors.
- In Abbeville there was a butcher,