orcero

Old Spanish

Etymology

From orço (“jar, pot”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈt͡seɾo/

Noun

orcero m (plural orceros)

1. potter
   • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 80r. col. 1.

     […] dixo nr̃o ſẽnnor a ieremias ue a caſa del orcero e ẏ fablare cótigo.

     […] Our Lord said to Jeremiah, go to the potter's house, and I will speak to you there.

   • Idem, f. 84r. col. 1.

     […] ço es cãpo de ſangre. e ſolie ſeer cãpo de orceros. e ẏ fazien los uaſos de lodo

     […] Thus it is the field of blood, and it used to be the field of potters, and there they made the earthen jugs.

Synonyms

• alfarero m