forneiro

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. From Latin furnarius. Cognate with Portuguese forneiro and Spanish hornero.

Pronunciation

Noun

forneiro m (plural forneiros, feminine forneira, feminine plural forneiras)

  1. baker
    • 1390, M. L. Méndez Fernández, editor, Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 27:
      dúas cassas pequenas que se teẽ cõ estas cassas sobreditas et mora en elas Pero Garçía, alffayate, et ẽna outra tẽ o forneyro lena
      two small houses that are by these said houses; and in one there dwells Pedro Garcia, tailor; and in the other the baker keeps firewood

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