cacciatore

[ kah-chuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

, Italian Cooking.

1. prepared with or containing tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings:

   chicken cacciatore.

cacciatore

/ ˌkætʃ-; ˌkɑːtʃəˈtɔːrɪ /

adjective

1. immediately postpositive prepared with tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, and other seasonings

Word History and Origins

Origin of cacciatore¹

1940–45; short for Italian alla cacciatora in the manner of hunters; cacciatora, feminine derivative of cacciatore hunter, equivalent to cacci ( a ) caccia + -atore -ator

Word History and Origins

Origin of cacciatore¹

Italian, literally: hunter

Example Sentences

Cacciatore has been adamant that her movement isn’t about right to life; it’s about recognition and grief for people who lost a very wanted baby.

From Slate

Cacciatore worked with a focus group of other bereaved parents to convince the state Legislature to make a change.

From Slate

The idea behind this, Cacciatore told us, was to honor the babies, to honor the parents who labored and delivered, and to align with the laws already in place that required stillborn babies to be buried or cremated.

From Slate

Smyth also showed Cacciatore emails purportedly from Aniston and, at one point, invited her to join them at the Golden Globe Awards before abruptly canceling.

From Seattle Times

“She should have been an actress,” Cacciatore said.

From Seattle Times