noun
or ras·ta·quouère |rastə|kwe(ə)r
( plural rastacouères or rastaquouères -(z))
Etymology: French, from American Spanish arrastracuero, from Spanish arrastra he drags (3d singular present indicative of arrastrar to drag) + cuero skin, hide, from Latin corium — more at arrastra , cuirass
: a foreign parvenu