gaucho
Americannoun
plural
gauchos-
a cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indigenous ancestry.
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Also called gaucho pants. gauchos. wide, calf-length trousers for men or women modeled after the trousers worn by South American gauchos.
noun
Etymology
Origin of gaucho
First recorded in 1815–25; from South American Spanish, from Arawak cachu “comrade”
Example Sentences
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Both nations cherish gaucho or cowboy culture; some people worship soccer as a quasi-religion.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
One gaucho with a faded pink beret and a scar over a missing eye shrugged.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022
It was brought to Argentina's sprawling plains, or pampas, by British immigrants in the late 1800s, where it found a home alongside the South American country's iconic gaucho cowboys.
From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2022
Sorority sisters wearing skirts and gaucho hats worked as greeters.
From Salon • Sep. 29, 2021
This is not because the gaucho is a glutton, but because a meat diet does not fully satisfy the demands of the human system.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
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