buckaroo

noun

local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)

Roots

vaquerobuckaroo- · Spanish · cowboy, cattle herder

Synonyms for buckaroo

vaqueron cowboyn cowgirln cowpunchern cowmann cattlemann ranchman ranchern gauchon roughridern broncobustern stockmann

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Where does buckaroo come from?

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