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Old Spanish
Etymology
From orço (“jar, pot”) + -ero.
Pronunciation
Noun
orcero m (plural orceros)
- 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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