cacciatore

[ kah-chuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˌkɑ tʃəˈtɔr i, -ˈtoʊr i /

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adjective Italian Cooking.

prepared with or containing tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings: chicken cacciatore.

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Also cac·cia·to·ra

[kah-chuh-tawr-uh, -tohr-uh]. /ˌkɑ tʃəˈtɔr ə, -ˈtoʊr ə/.

Origin of cacciatore

1940–45; short for Italian alla cacciatora in the manner of hunters; cacciatora, feminine derivative of cacciatore hunter, equivalent to cacci(a) caccia + -atore-ator

Words nearby cacciatore

ca'canny, cacao, cacao bean, cacao butter, caccia, cacciatore, Caccini, Cáceres, cachaca, cachalot, cache

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How to use cacciatore in a sentence

He wrote down several others he found on the bill of fare, such as “cacciatore.”
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Luckily I found Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and her organization MISS.
Daily Beast Readers React to YouTube Stillborn Baby Memorials|Brandy Zadrozny|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Posting them to YouTube is a new—and unusual—normal, and one that “we may have created ourselves,” Cacciatore says.
Parents of Stillborn Babies Post Hundreds of Memorials to YouTube|Brandy Zadrozny|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“These babies, much loved and wanted, have been historically marginalized,” Cacciatore says.
Parents of Stillborn Babies Post Hundreds of Memorials to YouTube|Brandy Zadrozny|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Il Cacciatore has been in the wineshop since sunrise, in colossal shooting-boots with cartridge-belt round his waist.
Vagaries|Axel Munthe
The day has been a hot one, Il Cacciatore has fired some hundred shots in different directions.
Vagaries|Axel Munthe
This is the old Cacciatore seismometer which has been long employed in Italy.
The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872|Luigi Palmieri
About ten o'clock appear Il Cacciatore's two dogs, mother and son.
Vagaries|Axel Munthe

British Dictionary definitions for cacciatore

cacciatore

cacciatora

/ (ˌkɑːtʃəˈtɔːrɪ, ˌkætʃ-) /

adjective

(immediately postpositive) prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings

Word Origin for cacciatore

Italian, literally: hunter

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