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‖ vaquero|vəˈkɛərəʊ|
Also vacero.
[Sp. (= Pg. vaqueiro), f. vaca cow. Cf. Prov. vaquier, F. vacher, and It. vaccaro, med.L. vaccārius.]
1. In Spanish America: A cowboy or cowherd; a herdsman or cattle-driver.
1826in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) 1483 Dn Luciano..rarely has communication with any one, except his Vaceros Comes to Town to Hug his Frigoña, once a month. 1831F. W. Beechey Narr. Voy. Pacific II. 40 Intrusting their baggage to the care of two vaqueros (Indian cattle drivers) who were to accompany them. 1837Irving Adv. Capt. Bonneville III. 86 The vaqueros, or Indian cattle-drivers. 1851Mayne Reid Scalp Hunters xvii. 119, I found them in the ranche of a vaquero in the woods. 1893K. A. Sanborn S. California xii. 152 The American vaquero—usually a short, fat man with dumpy legs, who dons a flapping sombrero.
attrib.1880B. Harte Jeff Briggs ii, Having caparisoned himself and charger in true vaquero style.
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1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Vaquero,..a jacket worn by women and children. |