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cac⋅cia⋅to⋅re

  [kah-chuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–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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cac·cia·to·re   (kāch'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  Prepared with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, herbs, and sometimes wine: chicken cacciatore.

[Italian, hunter, from cacciare, to hunt, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre; see chase1.]
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cacciatore 
It., lit. "hunter," from pp. of cacciare "to hunt, chase," from V.L. *captiare (see catch).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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