gaucher

See also: Gaucher

English

Alternative forms

• gauchar, gochar

Noun

gaucher (plural gauchers)

1. (India) Common land for grazing cattle.
   • 1997, Paul Robbins, Negotiating Ecology, page 213:

     They report that the meager browse of gauchers is often adequate during the rainy season. Where gauchers are poor or nonexistent, fodder feeding is an option.

   • 2002, Ecological Study of Thol Lake Wildlife (Bird) Sanctuary (page 13)

     The livestock grazes in fallow lands and gauchers (common lands).

French

Etymology

From gauche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.ʃe/

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Adjective

gaucher (feminine gauchère, masculine plural gauchers, feminine plural gauchères)

1. left-handed

   Coordinate term: droitier

   Marie est gauchère.

   Marie is left-handed.

   Parfois c'est très difficile de trouver des ciseaux pour gauchers.

   Sometimes it's very difficult to find left-handed scissors.

2. left-footed

   Coordinate term: droitier

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: goche

Noun

gaucher m (plural gauchers, feminine gauchère)

1. a left-handed or left-footed person; a southpaw

   Coordinate terms: droitier, ambidextre

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with gauchiste.

Further reading

• “gaucher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• gâcheur