hajcsár
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
From hajt (“to herd, drive”) + -ár (noun-forming suffix, indicating an occupation). The function of the cs sound is unclear, it appears to be a suffix-like element, compare tölcsér.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈhɒjt͡ʃaːr]
Rhymes: -aːr
Hyphenation: haj‧csár
=== Noun ===
hajcsár (plural hajcsárok)
drover (a person who drives animals, especially cattle or sheep, over long distances)
A két hajcsár ― The Two Drovers (a short story by Sir Walter Scott, 1827)
(figuratively, derogatory) slave-driver (a person who demands excessive amounts of work from employees)
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=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
hajcsár in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.