buckaroo
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əˌru, ˌbʌk noun, plural buck·a·roos.
1.
Western U.S. a cowboy, especially a broncobuster.
2.
Older Slang. fellow; guy.
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buckaroo (ˈbʌkəˌruː, ˌbʌkəˈruː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -roos | |
| (Southwestern US) a cowboy | |
| [C19: variant of Spanish vaquero, from vaca cow, from Latin vacca] | |
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Buckaroo
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
buckaroo
1889, Amer.Eng., from bakhara (1827), from Sp. vaquero "cowboy," from vaca "cow," from L. vacca. Spelling altered by influence of buck.
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Example sentences
The true buckaroo prefers working cattle on horseback.
The addition of a couple of the buckaroo dancers getting hitched to each other would be welcome addition to the ending.
Although you could nickname this little fellow buckaroo, this is actually a picture of a fawn.
The buckaroo life has undergone many changes since its nineteenth-century beginnings.
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