bouchier

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From bouc (“goat”), from Medieval Latin buccus (“he-goat”).

Noun

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bouchier oblique singular, m (oblique plural bouchiers, nominative singular bouchiers, nominative plural bouchier)

  1. butcher
    • 12th or 13th century, author unknown, Le Bouchier D'Abevile:
      A Abevile ot un bouchier,
      Que si voison orent molt chier.
      In Abbeville there was a butcher,
      Held in high esteem by his neighbors.

Descendants

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