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buckaroo

buc·ka·roo

UK/ˌbʌkəˈɹuː/ US/ˌbʌkəˈɹu/ rare slang us

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Modified from Spanish vaquero (“cowboy”), with the spelling influenced by buck (“(noun) male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man; (verb) of a horse, etc.: to leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward”). Doublet of vaquero. cognates * Early Medieval Latin vaccārius (“cowherd”) * French vacher * Late Latin baccalārius (“landless serf; cowherd (?)”) (Merovingian)

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