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English
Etymology
From French vacher (“cowherd”). Doublet of vaquero.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
References
- “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
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius.
Pronunciation
Noun
vacher m (plural vachers, feminine vachère)
- cowherd
- Synonym: cow-boy
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