buckaroo
noun
buck·a·roo ˌbə-kə-ˈrü 
ˈbə-kə-ˌrü
variants or less commonly buckeroo
plural buckaroos also buckeroos
1
: cowboy
2
: broncobuster
Synonyms
- cowboy
- cowhand
- cowman
- cowpoke
- cowpuncher
- waddy [West]
- waddie
- wrangler
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West
Recent Examples on the Web But given their wild ways, these buggy buckaroos might be worth the trip. 
Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 16 Dec. 2019 Buckle up, buckaroos, for the 70th annual Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo. Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2019 Diplo no doubt appears at home in the buckaroo aesthetic. Vogue, 26 Apr. 2019 This One Mistake Can Send Home Buyers Running So, should every home be listed for a single buckaroo? Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 May 2018 Diplo no doubt appears at home in the buckaroo aesthetic. Vogue, 26 Apr. 2019 This One Mistake Can Send Home Buyers Running So, should every home be listed for a single buckaroo? Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 May 2018 Buckaroos are skilled equestrians hired to move cows for ranchers, mainly in northern California, Idaho, Oregon and parts of Washington. Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 8 June 2017 See More
Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 16 Dec. 2019 Buckle up, buckaroos, for the 70th annual Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo. Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2019 Diplo no doubt appears at home in the buckaroo aesthetic. Vogue, 26 Apr. 2019 This One Mistake Can Send Home Buyers Running So, should every home be listed for a single buckaroo? Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 May 2018 Diplo no doubt appears at home in the buckaroo aesthetic. Vogue, 26 Apr. 2019 This One Mistake Can Send Home Buyers Running So, should every home be listed for a single buckaroo? Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 15 May 2018 Buckaroos are skilled equestrians hired to move cows for ranchers, mainly in northern California, Idaho, Oregon and parts of Washington. Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 8 June 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
probably by folk etymology from Spanish vaquero, from vaca cow, from Latin vacca — more at vaccine
First Known Use
1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1
buckaroo
noun
variants also buckeroo
as in cowboy
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- cowboy
- cowpoke
- cowpuncher
- cowhand
- cowman
- horseman
- waddy
- wrangler
- cowgirl
- caballero
- waddie
- vaquero
- gaucho
- stockman
- rancher
- cattleman
- herder
- horsewoman
- cowherd
- drover
- herdsman
