English

Noun

vaquero ‎(plural vaqueros or vaqueroes)

1. (US, Southwestern US) A cowboy; a herdsman.

Spanish

Etymology

From vaca + -ero; cf. also Vulgar Latin *vaccārius. Compare Portuguese vaqueiro, Catalan vaquer, French vacher, Italian vaccaio, Romanian văcar.

Adjective

vaquero m ‎(feminine singular vaquera, masculine plural vaqueros, feminine plural vaqueras)

1. cowboy

Noun

vaquero m ‎(plural vaqueros)

1. cowboy
2. (in the plural) jeans

Synonyms

(jeans): : tejano

Descendants

• English: buckaroo, buckeroo

See also

• charro
• gaucho