vaquero

noun

Definition of vaqueronext
as in cowboy

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Recent Examples of vaquero Available at vaqueros stands near sections 204, 229, 416 and 446. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025 When the herd grew unmanageable, Mexican-Spanish vaqueros (cowboys) were brought in from California to teach locals how to rope and herd cattle. — Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025 But it was then followed up by a Spanish hymn, sung by musicians, dressed in 18th-century Spanish Colonial attire, including the garb of soldado, vaquero, pioneers, military, and indigenous peoples. — Brian Hackney, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Her original book of photography, Frontier, saw Krantz travel across the Americas, including the United States, to visually capture the North American cowboy, the Central American vaquero and the South American gaucho. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for vaquero
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaquero
  1. cowboy
  2. gaucho
  3. cowhand
  4. cowman
  5. cowgirl
  6. cowherd
Noun
  • The aim is the same the world over, but this rodeo is in Australia, where cattle stations dwarf even those in the United States, creating a familiar yet distinct cowboy culture.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Top-name cowboys competed in the three days of bronc riding, bull dogging, bull riding and calf riding.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Definition of cowboy
Noun
  • Accommodation is both modest and luxurious working estancias, including three nights at the all-inclusive Cerro Guido, a place steeped of gaucho culture.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • From bright patterns to more neutral, everyday options, keep reading to find the 10 best gaucho and palazzo pants worth swapping your denim shorts for this summer, with prices starting as low as $16.
    — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
Definition of gaucho
Noun
  • Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.
    — Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of cowhand
Noun
  • The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of cowman
Noun
  • Meanwhile, a flashback, set vaguely in the Before Times, presents a girl playing with the ragdoll Jessie, a cowgirl and aspirant sheriff, voiced enthusiastically and most capably by Joan Cusack.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
  • The beloved actress and two-time Oscar nominee, 63, reprises her role as cowgirl Jessie in Toy Story 5, more than 25 years after the character first galloped onto screens in 1999's Toy Story 2.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of cowgirl
Noun
  • It’s attributed to a cowherd named Caedmon, who is thought to have composed the poem in a burst of inspiration following a religious dream.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 May 2026
  • The sculpture depicts Krishna, the protector, raising a mountain with his left arm to shield cowherds from the wrathful storm unleashed by Indra—a pivotal motif in Khmer art.
    — Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of cowherd

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