arrocheiro

arrocheiro

Galician

Arrocheiros

Etymology

15th century. From arrocho (“garrot”) +‎ -eiro, from *garrocheiro.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrot͡ʃo̝/

Noun

arrocheiro m (plural arrocheiros)

1. (historical) muleteer (a professional who was hired for transporting goods using pack animals or carts)
   • 1437, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 91:

     a Lourenço, arrocheiro, de hũa carga de pescado que levou en semana mayor a Santiago ao arçebispo XV maravedis, e a Juan Afonso, arrocheiro, outros XV maravedis de hua carga de pixotas, que levou a Santiago ao dito señor

     To Lourenzo, muleteer, for a load of fish he drove the main week into Santiago, to the archbishop, for 15 maravedis; and to Juan Afonso, muleteer, another 15 maravedis for a load of hakes he took to Santiago to the aforementioned lord

Related terms

• arrocha
• garrocha
• rocho

References

• “arrocheiro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “arrocheiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “arrocheiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “garra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos