vacher

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English

Etymology

From French vacher (cowherd). Doublet of vaquero.

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Noun

vacher (plural vachers)

  1. (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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French

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.ʃe/
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Noun

vacher m (plural vachers, feminine vachère)

  1. cowherd
    Synonym: cow-boy

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