charro

[ chahr-oh; Spanish chahr-raw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural char·ros [chahr, -ohz, chahr, -, r, aws].

a Mexican horseman or cowboy, typically one wearing an elaborate outfit, often with silver decorations, of tight trousers, ruffled shirt, short jacket, and sombrero.

Origin of charro¹

1925–30; < Mexican Spanish; Spanish: rustic, countrylike < Basque txar poor, weak

“The simpler, the better” tends to be the rule with these things; mine was just refried charro beans and melted Monterrey Jack.

Hoover was a famously buttoned-up man, but the oilmen around the Del Charro pool did their best to loosen him up.

Hobby and Rayburn were only the first in a stream of politicians to stay in touch with goings-on at Del Charro.

He was wearing one of the new Mexican charro-style jackets, black laced with silver.

Dressed in one of his charro outfits or in badly pressed whites, whip or quirt in hand, he epitomized Petaca.

His battered magnificence of a charro garb fitted well the diabolic character which Jacqueline assigned him.

It was faced with scarlet silk; and the charro elegance beneath was black and resplendent.

A few minutes later Jacqueline beheld a tall figure in elegant charro garb striding the length of her salon.

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