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English
Etymology
From Spanish vaquero (“cowherd”), from vaca (“cow”). Doublet of buckaroo.
Noun
vaquero (plural vaqueros or vaqueroes)
- (Southwestern US) A cowboy; a herdsman.
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, 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
Etymology
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin vaccārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈkeɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: va‧que‧ro
Adjective
vaquero (feminine vaquera, masculine plural vaqueros, feminine plural vaqueras)
- cowboy
Noun
vaquero m (plural vaqueros)
- cowherd, cowboy
- Synonyms: gaucho, huaso, llanero
- (in the plural) jeans
- Synonyms: tejanos, pantalones vaqueros, pantalón vaquero
- vestidos con vaqueros ― dressed in jeans
- a kind of bird:
- squirrel cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Synonyms: aguatudo, cuapaxcle, cuco ardilla, cuco ardilla común, chicura, chile ancho, guaco, pájaro bobo, piscoy, ticuyo colorado
- laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- Synonyms: guace, guaco, guaco vaquero, guaicurú, halcón guaco, halcón reidor, halcón risueño, halieto, llamanorte, pájaro caballero, pájaro vaquero, valdivia
- lesser ground cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
- Synonyms: correcamino, cuclillo chiflador, cuclillo sabanero, cuclillo terrestre, cuco bobo, escatuto, faisán, gallina boba, gallina ciega, paisano
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