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buttero.

shepherd on horseback

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbut.te.ro/
  1. shepherd on horseback

    masculine
  2. cowboy, herdsman, drover

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Perhaps from Ancient Greek βοτήρ (botḗr, “herdsman”), akin to βόσκω (bóskō, “to graze”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek βούτης (boútēs, “yokel”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cattle”). Caix derives it from Vulgar Latin puttulus, diminutive of puttus, from Latin putus (“boy”), since the meaning is still present dialectally (for the shift of change in suffix compare donnacchera).

noun/ˈbut.te.ro/
  1. pockmark, scar left on the skin as a result of smallpox

    masculine
  2. each of the small grooves on a thimble

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Arabic بُثُور (buṯūr), plural of بَثْرَة (baṯra, “pustule, pimple”).

verb/ˈbut.te.ro/
  1. first-person singular present indicative of butterare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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