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cacciatora

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cac⋅cia⋅to⋅re

[kah-chuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
–adjective Italian Cookery.
prepared with or containing tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings: chicken cacciatore.
Also, cac⋅cia⋅to⋅ra [kah-chuh-tawr-uh, -tohr-uh] .


Origin:
1940–45; short for It alla cacciatora in the manner of hunters; cacciatora, fem. deriv. of cacciatore hunter, equiv. to cacci(a) caccia + -atore -ator
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