vacher

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/væˈʃeɪ/

noun

A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.

OriginFrench vacher →
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Meanings

nounvacher (plural vachers)

plural vachers

  1. SouthwesternUSobsoleteA keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.

    Thus they fought, totally regardless of Alabama, the blows and shouts of the vachers, each striving for victory

    1841, C. Austin Woodruff, “Adventure and Scenery in the Far South-West”, in The Southern Literary Messenger

Origin

  1. Frenchvacher“cowherd”
  2. Englishvacher

From French vacher (“cowherd”). Doublet of vaquero.

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Chicago

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