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Webster 1913 Edition
Vacher
‖
Vaˊcher′
,Noun.
[F., from
vache
a cow. Cf. Vaquero
.] A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
[Southwestern U. S.]
Bartlett.
Definition 2024
vacher
vacher
English
Noun
vacher (plural vachers)
- (US, Southwestern) A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
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French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *vaccārius, from Latin vacca (“cow”). Akin to Catalan vaquer, Franco-Provençal vachier, Occitan vaquièr, Italian vaccaio, Romanian văcar, Portuguese vaqueiro, Spanish vaquero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ʃe/
Noun
vacher m (plural vachers, feminine vachère)