bronco
[ brong-koh ]
/ ˈbrɒŋ koʊ /
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noun, plural bron·cos.
a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., especially one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken.
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Also bronc [brongk] /brɒŋk/ . Sometimes bron·cho .
Origin of bronco
An Americanism first recorded in 1865–70; from Mexican Spanish, short for Spanish potro bronco “untamed colt” (in Mexican Spanish: “wild horse, half-tamed horse”); bronco, was apparently a nasalized variant of the Latin adjective broccus “projecting”; see origin at broach
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bronco
broncho
/ (ˈbrɒŋkəʊ) /
noun plural -cos or -chos
(in the US and Canada) a wild or partially tamed pony or mustang of the western plains
Word Origin for bronco
C19: from Mexican Spanish, short for Spanish potro bronco unbroken colt, probably from Latin broccus projecting (as knots on wood), hence, rough, wild
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