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buckaroo

noun
buck·​a·​roo | \ ËŒbÉ™-kÉ™-ˈrü How to pronounce buckaroo (audio) , ˈbÉ™-kÉ™-ËŒrü\
variants: or less commonly buckeroo
plural buckaroos also buckeroos

Definition of buckaroo

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Synonyms for buckaroo

Synonyms

cowboy, cowhand, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, waddy (or waddie) [West], wrangler

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Examples of buckaroo in a Sentence

a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West

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Diplo no doubt appears at home in the buckaroo aesthetic. Vogue, "Is Diplo the World’s Sexiest Cowboy?," 26 Apr. 2019 This One Mistake Can Send Home Buyers Running So, should every home be listed for a single buckaroo? Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "The Brilliant Thinking Behind Oklahoma’s Viral $1 Home," 15 May 2018 Diplo no doubt appears at home in the buckaroo aesthetic. Vogue, "Is Diplo the World’s Sexiest Cowboy?," 26 Apr. 2019 This One Mistake Can Send Home Buyers Running So, should every home be listed for a single buckaroo? Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, "The Brilliant Thinking Behind Oklahoma’s Viral $1 Home," 15 May 2018 Buckaroos are skilled equestrians hired to move cows for ranchers, mainly in northern California, Idaho, Oregon and parts of Washington. Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, "Documenting the buckaroo way of life," 8 June 2017

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First Known Use of buckaroo

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for buckaroo

probably by folk etymology from Spanish vaquero, from vaca cow, from Latin vacca — more at vaccine

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