gaucho

noun

Definition of gauchonext
as in cowboy

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Recent Examples of gaucho Her original book of photography, Frontier, saw Krantz travel across the Americas, including the United States, to visually capture the North American cowboy, the Central American vaquero and the South American gaucho. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026 Channel the gaucho lifestyle in a look that pairs rustic earth tones with durable leather; layer up for evenings spent wine tasting, stargazing, or both. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2026 Expect to see a lot more of their eye-wateringly expensive merino wool gaucho bomber jackets in the stands next year. — Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025 Outdoor dining and lounge areas are set near a summer kitchen with Brazilian churrasco and Argentine gaucho grills. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gaucho
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaucho
  1. cowboy
  2. vaquero
  3. cowhand
  4. cowgirl
  5. cowman
  6. herder
Noun
  • Don your spiffiest ten-gallon hat and boots, bring your whole family, and experience cowboy core like never before.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Everyone chuckled, especially our Argentinian hosts, who had never met an Idaho cowboy quite like True before.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of cowboy
Noun
  • Waving a Mexican flag with a vaquero sombrero on, El Malilla made history at Coachella last year as the first reggaeton Mexa act on the lineup.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • But it was then followed up by a Spanish hymn, sung by musicians, dressed in 18th-century Spanish Colonial attire, including the garb of soldado, vaquero, pioneers, military, and indigenous peoples.
    — Brian Hackney, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of vaquero
Noun
  • Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of cowhand
Noun
  • Country music’s emo cowgirl Megan Moroney canceled her Denver show just a few songs into her set on Tuesday.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Once owned by a legendary trick rider and roper in the 1950s, the restaurant brims with Montana cowgirl lore.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026
Definition of cowgirl
Noun
  • The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of cowman
Noun
  • Construction and project activities have included specialized training for local farmers and herders.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Separate accounts from Siberia described nomadic herders using fly agaric in shamanic ceremonies, taking pains to prolong its psychoactive effects.
    — Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of herder

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