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- [vah-kair-oh; Spanish bah-ke-raw]
- /vɑˈkɛər oʊ; Spanish bɑˈkɛ rɔ/
- /vakwˈeərəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vah-kair-oh; Spanish bah-ke-raw]
- /vɑˈkɛər oʊ; Spanish bɑˈkɛ rɔ/
Definitions of vaquero word
- noun plural vaquero a cowboy or herdsman. 1
- noun vaquero cowboy 1
- noun vaquero a cowboy 0
- noun vaquero a man who herds cattle; cowboy 0
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Origin of vaquero
First appearance:
before 1790 One of the 43% newest English words
1790-1800; < Spanish, equivalent to vac(a) cow (< Latin vacca) + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary
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Parts of speech for Vaquero
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vaquero popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vaquero usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vaquero
noun vaquero
- breeder — Breeders are people who breed animals or plants.
- bronco — In the western United States, especially in the 19th century, a wild horse was sometimes referred to as a bronco.
- bronco buster — a person who breaks broncos to the saddle.
- broncobuster — (in the western US and Canada) a cowboy who breaks in broncos or wild horses
- buckaroo — a cowboy
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