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
  • Residents of Val Verde, a tiny town north of Los Angeles, claim Downtown LA Law Group used a cowboy recruiter to find plaintiffs for a lawsuit about a local landfill.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Back on the bus, Carlo lay on the faux leather benches, watching the FIFA World Cup and black-and-white cowboy movies.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of cowboy
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of vaquero
Noun
  • 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
  • There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.
    — Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Definition of cowhand
Noun
  • The cowgirl bob is a fresh take on the pixie, but with just a little more length, as Megan Fox is rocking here.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, a flashback, set vaguely in the Before Times, presents a girl playing with the ragdoll Jessie, a cowgirl and aspirant sheriff, voiced enthusiastically and most capably by Joan Cusack.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 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
  • After their return to the Negev Lot and Abraham both have large flocks of livestock, but their herders begin to quarrel.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • Waves of terrorist attacks, clashes between farmers and herders, as well as kidnappings for ransom have bedeviled Nigerian citizens in recent years, stifling economic growth and productivity in many parts of the country.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of herder

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