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.
Origin of gaucho
1815–25; < American Spanish < Arawak cachu comrade
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Related Words for gaucho
passenger, driver, traveler, rancher, herder, herdsman, breeder, farmer, bronco, cowboy, straphanger, gaucho, suburbanite, wrangler, vaquero, cowherd, goatherd, sheepherder, buckaroo, cowpuncherExamples from the Web for gaucho
Historical Examples of gaucho
A mounted Gaucho rides on either side of him, to keep him straight.
The Western WorldW.H.G. Kingston
The emphasis on the “him” points to some one not yet mentioned, but whom the gaucho has in his mind.
Gaspar the GauchoMayne Reid
Saying this, the gaucho relapses into silence, the others also ceasing to converse.
Gaspar the GauchoMayne Reid
The gaucho has no thought of so appealing, any more than either of the others.
Gaspar the GauchoMayne Reid
And communicating this to the gaucho, he holds their horses while they return to search for them.
Gaspar the GauchoMayne Reid
gaucho
noun plural -chos
Word Origin for gaucho
C19: from American Spanish, probably from Quechuan wáhcha orphan, vagabond
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