rastacouère

noun

ras·​ta·​couère

variants or rastaquouère

¦rastə¦kwe(ə)r

plural rastacouères or rastaquouères

-(z)

: a foreign parvenu

Word History

Etymology

French, from American Spanish arrastracuero, from Spanish arrastra he drags (3d singular present indicative of arrastrar to drag) + cuero skin, hide, from Latin corium

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