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Answer for the clue "Cowboy ", 8 letters:
buckaroo
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Word definitions for buckaroo in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And having lost our zeal for the idle etchings of some bored buckaroo , we slink off into the shade. ▪ Or bummed out, or bumped off, or some bumptious buckaroo had burst your bubble.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
buckaroo \buckaroo\ n. [fr. Sp. vaquero.]a cowboy, especially used of one who breaks broncos; -- used especially in California. Syn: vaquero. a fellow; a guy. [slang]
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) [syn: vaquero , buckeroo ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Buckaroo may refer to: Buckaroo, a cowboy of the Great Basin and California region of the United States, from an Anglicization of the Spanish word vaquero
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1889, American English, from bakhara (1827), from Spanish vaquero "cowboy," from vaca "cow," from Latin vacca (see vaccination ). Spelling altered by influence of buck (n.1).
Usage examples of buckaroo.
The Mexican and Anglo vaqueros, or buckaroos, had decided any sticker-brush too tall to call weeds and too short to call woods was chaparral.
But since you space buckaroos ain't gonna be here, I'll give you your share.
But while one seldom saw Anglo buckaroos riding for Mexican outfits to the south, a lot of big Texas outfits hired Mexican vaqueros, who worked cheaper as well as better than many an Anglo top hand.
A “Pioneer” designates the big buckaroos who pledged to raise $100,000 apiece for Mr Bush.
He has to have a superior skill with electronics and security, or enough money to buy a jammer, and we're talking mucho black-market buckaroos for a unit like this.
She thought Seth was a lot more interested in buckaroos than in breasts.
McGraw is right here and he says he'll sell me for seven thousand five hundred buckaroos!
Considering all the buckaroos they had to back them up, he decided that further exchanges would be ill advised.
Chaps from chaparejos, lariat from la reata, sombrero, mesquite, latigo, tapadero, bandanna, buckaroo from vaquero, corral, rodeo, remuda, ranch from rancho.
I can't name everything they "sample" in this, their second feature, but a few obvious influences are Blade Runner, the Bible, Alice in Wonderland, Japanese manga and anime, Men in Black, Hong Kong chopsocky flicks, classic sf fiction from authors like Dick, Ellison, and William Gibson, Alien/s, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, Greek mythology, Terminator and T2, the Millennium Falcon set from Star Wars, and the old Kung Fu TV show.
Tak had come out of the China Pit with a pair of seven-league cowboy boots just the right size for a lonely little buckaroo.
Jein, a fan of the cult film Buckaroo Banzai, even gave the player a name: Buck Bokai.