Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A herdsman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Southwestern U. S. One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman; a cowboy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A
cowboy ; aherdsman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Buckaroos, a corruption of the Spanish word vaquero, follow many of the Old California traditions, braiding their own bridles and hackamores, and throwing long ropes that give them more room to slow a calf without hurting their horse.
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Buckaroos, a corruption of the Spanish word vaquero, follow many of the Old California traditions, braiding their own bridles and hackamores, and throwing long ropes that give them more room to slow a calf without hurting their horse.
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Buckaroos, a corruption of the Spanish word vaquero, follow many of the Old California traditions, braiding their own bridles and hackamores, and throwing long ropes that give them more room to slow a calf without hurting their horse.
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An older vaquero is mentoring a hot-headed younger vaquero, they engage in arm-wrestling, sword fighting, who can cantar better, etc.
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The young vaquero also thinks the older vaquero is trying to steal his girl.
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The young vaquero also thinks the older vaquero is trying to steal his girl.
Cine Cl�sico 2009
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An older vaquero is mentoring a hot-headed younger vaquero, they engage in arm-wrestling, sword fighting, who can cantar better, etc.
Cine Cl�sico 2009
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The young vaquero also thinks the older vaquero is trying to steal his girl.
Cine Cl�sico 2009
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The young vaquero also thinks the older vaquero is trying to steal his girl.
Cine Cl�sico 2009
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An older vaquero is mentoring a hot-headed younger vaquero, they engage in arm-wrestling, sword fighting, who can cantar better, etc.
Cine Cl�sico 2009
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