buckaroo.
A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
Meaning & usage
A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
One who adopts a distinctive style of cowboy attire and heritage.
Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.
A style of cowboy boot with a high heel tapered at the back.
A headstrong, reckless person; a hothead.
Don’t run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.
Where this word comes from
Modified from Spanish vaquero (“cowboy”), with the spelling influenced by buck (“(noun) male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man; (verb) of a horse, etc.: to leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward”). Doublet of vaquero. cognates * Early Medieval Latin vaccārius (“cowherd”) * French vacher * Late Latin baccalārius (“landless serf; cowherd (?)”) (Merovingian)
Synonym of buck (“a dollar”).
That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.
Where this word comes from
Probably a fanciful elaboration of buck, influenced by buckaroo (etymology 1).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.