gauchos

noun

plural of gaucho
as in cowboys

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  1. cowboys
  2. cowhands
  3. herders
Noun
  • The back bar displays several pieces of wall art of horses, cowboys and cowgirls.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Despite Villa Domínguez’s nine remaining Jews, the museum remains an important part of the town, tracing the history of Argentinian Jewish ranchers, farmers and the cowboys known as gauchos.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of cowboys
Noun
  • There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.
    — Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of cowhands
Noun
  • For the past five years, Kering has been supporting sheep farmers and herders in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The markings lead some experts to believe that the site had ceremonial purposes for the seminomadic herders known to have frequented the area thousands of years ago.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of herders
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