orcero

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From orço (jar, pot) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

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.

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