arrocheiro

Galician

Arrocheiros

Etymology

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

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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arrocheiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrocheiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrocheiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega