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
  • The show has now been replaced by season 2 of Ransom Canyon, the romance drama which is not the cowboy shoot-em-up that the title may imply.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Introspection is hardly foreign to country music, but Langley’s coolly reflective approach stands out in a genre defined by social collisions—by scenes of cowboys and cowgirls settling scores.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 July 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
  • Flanking the stage were two large neon signs of a cowboy and cowgirl, waving back and forth as if inviting a traveler to come visit for a night.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026
  • Laci Kaye Booth pulls out her cowgirl boots at SiriusXM Studios on July 15 in Nashville.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 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
  • Reflecting its location in Fort Worth’s Historic Stockyards, the charming hotel features odes to the original Texas drovers (animal herders) with longhorn skulls, rustic wood and leather accents and plenty of turquoise.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of herder

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