bronco

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bronco¹

  • /ˈbɹɑŋkoʊ/ US
  • /ˈbɹɒŋkəʊ/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒŋkəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish bronco (“rough”), 19th c. which in Mexican usage also describes a horse that has not been broken and is still wild.

noun broncos

  1. A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken. Swollen with greatness, slightly afraid lest the noble blood of Nottingham change its mind and leave him at any street corner, Babbitt paraded with Sir Gerald Doak to the movie palace and in silent bliss sat beside him, trying not to be too enthusiastic, lest the knight despise his adoration of six-

    Similar: bronc, broncho

Bronco²

noun Broncos

  1. A member of the Denver Broncos.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: broncho, bronc, busting, buster, busters, bucking bronco, roughstock, bronco buster, bronco-buster, wild horse, broncobuster, outlaw, mustang, brumby, rough rider, wild horses

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noun horse that is wild or not fully broken

Deutschungezähmtes Pferd, halbwildes Pferd

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MLA

"bronco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bronco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

bronco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bronco

Chicago

"bronco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bronco.

BibTeX
@misc{bronco_2026,
  title = {bronco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bronco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}