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- noun Plural form of
llanero .
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Examples
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However, when the Spaniards introduced horses and cattle into South America, the Indians and half-breeds of the llanos and pampas became regular pastoral nomads, known as llaneros and gauchos.
Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography Ellen Churchill Semple 1897
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In Venezuela, llaneros remained restless under royalist control, since their major demands had not been met.
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The government passed antivagrancy laws and laws against rustling, causing deep resentment among llaneros (free horsemen).
9. Venezuela 2001
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Llaneros enthusiastically followed Boves, angered by a law approved by the antiroyalist government of Caracas, which prevented llaneros from freely hunting on the plains.
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Instead he found that all the workers were llaneros, ranch hands from the eastern savannahs who knew little of the forest.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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There were three men with him: a Karijona guide known as Barrera and two porters, llaneros named Julio and Franco.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Instead he found that all the workers were llaneros, ranch hands from the eastern savannahs who knew little of the forest.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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There were three men with him: a Karijona guide known as Barrera and two porters, llaneros named Julio and Franco.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The llaneros — the men of the Venezuelan plains — supplied him with a brilliant cavalry, but not with the material for permanent conquest.
Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958
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In his address he explained the division of the powers of the state, and freely praised all the generals of the insurgent army, mentioning General Páez, the chieftain of the _llaneros_ (plainsmen), who was the terror of the royalists and whose support was becoming of paramount importance to the
Simon Bolivar, the Liberator Guillermo A. Sherwell
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