| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cacciatore |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cac·cia·to·re |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k ch  -tôr  , -t r |
| ADJECTIVE: | Prepared with tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, herbs, and sometimes wine: chicken cacciatore. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, hunter, from cacciare, to hunt, from Vulgar Latin *capti re. See chase1.
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