vacher
English edit
Etymology edit
From French vacher (“cowherd”). Doublet of vaquero.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vacher (plural vachers)
- (US, Southwestern, obsolete) A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
- 1841, C. Austin Woodruff, “Adventure and Scenery in the Far South-West”, in The Southern Literary Messenger:
- Thus they fought, totally regardless of Alabama, the blows and shouts of the vachers, each striving for victory
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References edit
- “vacher”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “vacher”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vacher m (plural vachers, feminine vachère)
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “vacher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.