noun
buckaroo
buh-kuh-ROO
noun
1
A cowboy, especially one working cattle rather than competing in rodeos.
"The old buckaroo had spent forty years on horseback."
How to Use Buckaroo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn American West term for a working cowboy.
Easily confused with
vaquero
Word Forms
buckaroos plural, buckaroos plural
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Etymology
An Americanized adaptation of Spanish vaquero ("cowboy"), reshaped under the influence of the English word "buck."