vaquero

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/vɑˈkɛɹoʊ/

Definition of vaquero

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Southwestern, US)A cowboy; a herdsman.
    “A day or two before a number of vaqueroes set out for the Santa Cruz Mountains and lassoed a very big grizzly.”
    “Voices from the Wild Horse Desert is the story of vaquero families who have lived and worked on the prominent King and Kenedy Ranches of South Texas for six generations. Vaqueros (Mexican cowboys) are the highly skilled work force that cares for and works the cattle day by day.”
    “Of course the vaqueros do not help: because of his weight and his high voice they call him Don Castrado behind his back.”
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noun

  1. (Southwestern, US)A cowboy; a herdsman.
    “A day or two before a number of vaqueroes set out for the Santa Cruz Mountains and lassoed a very big grizzly.”
    “Voices from the Wild Horse Desert is the story of vaquero families who have lived and worked on the prominent King and Kenedy Ranches of South Texas for six generations. Vaqueros (Mexican cowboys) are the highly skilled work force that cares for and works the cattle day by day.”
    “Of course the vaqueros do not help: because of his weight and his high voice they call him Don Castrado behind his back.”

name

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Spanish vaquero (“cowherd”), from vaca (“cow”). Doublet of buckaroo.

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