See also: Vaquero

English edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

vaquero (plural vaqueros or vaqueroes)

  1. (Southwestern US) A cowboy; a herdsman.
    • 1925, Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers, page 232:
      A day or two before a number of vaqueroes set out for the Santa Cruz Mountains and lassoed a very big grizzly.
    • 1997, Jane Clements Monday, Betty Bailey Colley, Voices from the Wild Horse Desert: The Vaquero Families of the King and Kenedy Ranches, University of Texas Press, page ix:
      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.
    • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 11:
      Of course the vaqueros do not help: because of his weight and his high voice they call him Don Castrado behind his back.
    • 2015, Danilo H. Figueredo, Revolvers and Pistolas, Vaqueros and Caballeros: Debunking the Old West[1], ABC-CLIO (Praeger), page 50:
      Cattle drives became common between Mexico and California and Mexico and Texas. Vaqueros were the drivers. In time, as vaqueros worked for a particular ranch or within the confines of a particular territory, regional styles evolved. In essence, two types were prominent: that of the California vaquero and that of the vaquero from Texas.
      The Texas vaquero was identified as a free spirit, lived out in the open range, and went from ranch to ranch as work opportunities surfaced. The Californian vaquero remained loyal to a ranch or ranching family.

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baˈkeɾo/ [baˈke.ɾo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: va‧que‧ro

Adjective edit

vaquero (feminine vaquera, masculine plural vaqueros, feminine plural vaqueras)

  1. cowboy

Noun edit

vaquero m (plural vaqueros)

  1. cowherd, cowboy
    Synonyms: gaucho, huaso, llanero
  2. (in the plural) jeans
    Synonyms: tejanos, pantalones vaqueros, pantalón vaquero
    vestidos con vaquerosdressed in jeans
  3. a kind of bird:
    1. squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
      Synonyms: aguatudo, cuapaxcle, cuco ardilla, cuco ardilla común, chicura, chile ancho, guaco, pájaro bobo, piscoy, ticuyo colorado
    2. laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
      Synonyms: guace, guaco, guaco vaquero, guaicurú, halcón guaco, halcón reidor, halcón risueño, halieto, llamanorte, pájaro caballero, pájaro vaquero, valdivia
    3. lesser ground cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
      Synonyms: correcamino, cuclillo chiflador, cuclillo sabanero, cuclillo terrestre, cuco bobo, escatuto, faisán, gallina boba, gallina ciega, paisano

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: buckaroo, buckeroo

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