pastoretan.
/ˌpastəˈrɛtə/, U.S. /ˌpæstəˈrɛdə/ = pastorella n. 4.
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1862 New Amer. Cycl. (new ed.) XIII. 622/1 The pastoretas or vaqueyras, pastorals which usually recited conversations between discreet shepherdesses..and troubadours riding by.
1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 560/2 They [sc. the troubadours] even descended to depict the life of the peasantry, and sang their adventures with shepherdesses, &c. in pastoretas and vaqueyras.
1878 F. Hueffer Troubadours i. viii. 77 Guiraut Riquier is the Provençal representative of the ‘Pastorela’, or ‘Pastoreta’, the shepherd's song.
1931 W. P. Jones Pastourelle i. 6 The pastourelle takes its name..from its principal actor, the shepherdess herself... The name was perhaps applied first to the Provençal specimens, the pastorela or pas[t]oreta.
1999 Amer. Rec. Guide (Nexis) 62 162 Several of the songs, such as the lively ‘Clavelitos’..and the dance-like ‘Pastoreta’ are seldom heard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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