gaucho
[gou-choh; Spanish gou-chaw]
noun, plural gau·chos [gou-chohz; Spanish gou-chaws] /ˈgaʊ tʃoʊz; Spanish ˈgaʊ tʃɔs/.
a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
gauchos. Also called gaucho pants. wide, calf-length trousers for men or women modeled after the trousers worn by South American gauchos.
RELATED WORDS
passenger, driver, traveler, rancher, herder, herdsman, breeder, farmer, bronco, cowboy, straphanger, suburbanite, wrangler, vaquero, cowherd, goatherd, sheepherder, buckaroo, cowpuncher, cowhand
Nearby words
- gau,
- gauche,
- gaucher's cell,
- gaucher's disease,
- gaucherie,
- gaud,
- gaudeamus igitur,
- gaudery,
- gaudier-brzeska,
- gaudily
Origin of gaucho
1815–25; < American Spanish < Arawak cachu comrade
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Word Origin for gaucho
C19: from American Spanish, probably from Quechuan wáhcha orphan, vagabond
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gaucho
1824, from Spanish, probably from a native South American language, cf. Araucanian cauchu "wanderer."
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