cocinero

[ koh-suh-nair-oh ]

/ ˌkoʊ səˈnɛər oʊ /

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noun, plural co·ci·ne·ros.Southwestern U.S.

a cook, especially one working on a ranch or a trail drive.

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Origin of cocinero

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; from Spanish: literally, “cook,” from Medieval Latin cocīnārius, cocīnerius “cook,” noun use of Latin coquīnārius “pertaining to the kitchen”; equivalent to Spanish cocin(a) “cooking, kitchen,” from Latin coquīna “cookery, kitchen” + -ero, from Latin -ārius; see origin at cuisine, kitchen, -ary

Words nearby cocinero

cochlitis, coch. mag., coch. med., coch. parv., Cochran, cocinero, cock, cockabully, cockade, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-hoop