adjective/ɡaˈbat͡ʃo/
Pyrenean; Gallic, frenchified
Borrowed from Occitan gavach originally ‘bird’s crop, goitre, swelling’, later ‘mountain-dweller, northerner, peasant’ (because of the high incidence of disease in these populations).
/ɡaˈbat͡ʃo/
Pyrenean; Gallic, frenchified
Borrowed from Occitan gavach originally ‘bird’s crop, goitre, swelling’, later ‘mountain-dweller, northerner, peasant’ (because of the high incidence of disease in these populations).
a villager from the Pyrenees; a Frenchman, a frog, Frenchy, baguette; a white man of any nation (originally the word for rutabaga); foreigner, gringo, especially from the United States
Synonyms: franchute
Borrowed from Occitan gavach originally ‘bird’s crop, goitre, swelling’, later ‘mountain-dweller, northerner, peasant’ (because of the high incidence of disease in these populations).