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vaquero¹

  • /vɑˈkɛɹoʊ/

Where it comes from

From Spanish vaquero (“cowherd”), from vaca (“cow”). Doublet of buckaroo.

noun vaqueros · vaqueroes

  1. Southwestern, US A cowboy; a herdsman. A day or two before a number of vaqueroes set out for the Santa Cruz Mountains and lassoed a very big grizzly.

Vaquero²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Vaquero, from vaquero (“herdsman”).

proper noun Vaqueros

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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

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

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

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@misc{vaquero_2026,
  title = {vaquero},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vaquero},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}