cacciatore

Also cac·cia·to·ra

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

adjective

Italian Cooking.

1. prepared with or containing tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings.

   chicken cacciatore.

cacciatore

/ ˌkætʃ-, ˌkɑːtʃəˈtɔːrɪ /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cacciatore¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cacciatore¹

Italian, literally: hunter

Example Sentences

Each day of the week offered a special: chicken cacciatore on Mondays, frankfurters and sauerkraut on Wednesdays, and so on.

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These days Joel isn’t Anthony or Mama Leone or even Mr. Cacciatore — he’s the big shot who owns the medical center, not to mention whatever else is available on Sullivan Street.

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Cacciatore has been adamant that her movement isn’t about right to life; it’s about recognition and grief for people who lost a very wanted baby.

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Cacciatore worked with a focus group of other bereaved parents to convince the state Legislature to make a change.

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The idea behind this, Cacciatore told us, was to honor the babies, to honor the parents who labored and delivered, and to align with the laws already in place that required stillborn babies to be buried or cremated.

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