different between mushroom vs chasseur

English

Etymology

From Middle English musheron, musseron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, moscheron, from Old French moisseron, of obscure origin: probably derived from Old French mosse, moise (“moss”), as the use first applied to a type of fungus which grows in moss, from Frankish *mosa (“moss”) or Old Dutch mosa (“moss”), akin to Old High German mos (“moss, bog”), Old High German mios (“moss, mire”), Old English m?os (“moss”), Old English m?s (“bog, marsh”), Old Norse mosi (“moss”), Old Norse myrr (“bog, mire”), from Proto-Germanic *mus?, *musô, *miuziz (“mosses, bog”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“mosses, mold, mildew”). Displaced native Old English swamm. More at mire. Alternatively, the Old French may be of pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?m????u?m/, /?m?????m/
• Hyphenation: mush?room

Noun

mushroom (plural mushrooms)

1. Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).

   Synonyms: (archaic) mushrump, shroom

2. A fungus producing such fruiting bodies.
3. Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking.
4. Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards.
5. (architecture) A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab.
6. (obsolete, figuratively) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart.

   • upstarts […] call in reproach mushrooms

7. (figuratively) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly.

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Adjective

mushroom (not comparable)

1. Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture.

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Verb

mushroom (third-person singular simple present mushrooms, present participle mushrooming, simple past and past participle mushroomed)

1. (intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size.
2. To gather mushrooms.

3. To form the shape of a mushroom.
   • 2001, James E. Duffy, I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair (page 173)

     Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.

   1. (ballistics) Of a bullet: to form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target.

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chasseur. Doublet of chaser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ?s??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?s?/

Noun

chasseur (plural chasseurs)

1. A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France.
2. A servant or attendant.
3. A hotel messenger, especially in France.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 30:

     The chasseur of the Hôtel Récamier (whom he knew far too well) was approaching them at a run.

4. A hunter or huntsman.
5. (cooking) A dish of meat cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.

   Synonym: cacciatore

   • 1987, Herb Baus, Best restaurants, Orange County (page 71)

     From France, Greeley checks in with rabbit chausseurs made with red wine, shallots, tomatoes, and rosemary; […]

French

Etymology

chasser +? -eur; found in Old French as chaceür, chaceor. Compare Italian cacciatore, Spanish cazador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.sœ?/

Noun

chasseur m (plural chasseurs, feminine chasseuse or chasseresse)

1. a hunter

2. a fighter plane
3. a servant or attendant
4. a la façon chasseur, a style of cooking in which meat is cooked with a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine

Derived terms

• ballon-chasseur
• chasseur-cueilleur
• chasseur de primes
• chasseur de têtes

Further reading

• “chasseur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chausser
• ruchasse