vaquero

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Recent Examples of vaquero African American cowboys and Mexican vaqueros found their contributions minimized, their skills appropriated and repackaged in a way that erased their integral role in shaping the cowboy identity. Essence, 2 Sep. 2024 Our guide and horse wrangler was one Slim, a local vaquero and an old friend of mine. Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2024 His style is an artistic amalgam of motifs from Alaska to Patagonia, inspired by the work of tailors like Nathan Turk and Nudie Cohn, of course, and the Mexican vaqueros before them. thehustle.co, 3 Feb. 2024 One of the oldest houses in the town for example, now towers over a new Starbucks, while cowboy boot-wearing fashionistas from Mexico City (about a four-hour drive away) hang out in the parish square next to actual vaqueros celebrating their daughters’ quinceañeras at the church. Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for vaquero
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Noun
  • Typically set in the mid-to-late-1800s on the American frontier, these films often feature characters who make their own rules, from bounty hunters and cowboys to outlaws in lawless territories.
    Sezin Devi Keohler, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Chandler plays Hal Jordan, a former hotshot jet pilot and current cowboy cop Green Lantern.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • So guess who becomes Bond's ally? Played for broad comedy and featuring bizarre pop culture references (the Magnificent Seven theme plays when Roger Moore dresses like a gaucho), Moonraker finds the franchise parodying itself.
    Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 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
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
Noun
  • Joe worked as a cowpuncher in Flagler, Colo., making $150 a day tending to cattle on horseback.
    Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
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
Noun
  • The direction of the group was very different in its pre-Maines incarnation, focusing on bluegrass, retro-country and a cowgirl image.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Still, the model added her signature cowgirl flair to the going-out look.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In Mathura, a northern city where Krishna is said to have been born, people recreate a Hindu myth in which Krishna visits Radha to romance her, and her cowherd friends, taking offense at his advances, drive him out with sticks.
    Hari Kumar, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Caterina was foisted off on a cowherd in a neighboring village, while Ser Piero married into a wealthy family.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023

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“Vaquero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaquero. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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