Also means
pig farmer
Usage Note
Porcher is a literary or historical term for a person who tends pigs, rarely used in everyday modern French. The feminine form is porchère. The word appears in older texts, fables, and the Bible (the Prodigal Son is described as tending pigs). In contemporary farming, éleveur de porcs is the normal term.
Examples
"Le porcher gardait ses cochons dans le champ."
Natural Translation
The swineherd tended his pigs in the field.
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