arrocheiro

== Galician == === Etymology === 15th century. From arrocho (“garrot”) +‎ -eiro, from *garrocheiro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈrot͡ʃo̝/ === Noun === arrocheiro m (plural arrocheiros) (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 === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “arrocheiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega 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