buckaroo

pronunciation

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

Word Origin

buckaroo (n.)
1889, American English, from bakhara (1827), from Spanish vaquero "cowboy," from vaca "cow," from Latin vacca (see vaccination). Spelling altered by influence of buck (n.1).

Example

1. I 'm your buckaroo , I wanna be like you .
2. Bill was the world 's greatest buckaroo .

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