buckaroo n : local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) [syn: vaquero, buckeroo]

English

Etymology

Derived from vaquero (cowboy).

Noun

1. A cowboy.
2. A working cowboy who generally does not rodeo.
3. One who sports a distinctive buckaroo style of cowboy clothing, boots, and heritage.

   Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.

4. A style of cowboy boot with a high and uniquely tapered heel.
5. A reckless, headstrong person.

   Don't run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.

6. A dollar (variation of buck).

   That'll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.

Buckaroo may refer to:

• "Bronze Buckaroo", a nickname given to musician Herbert Jeffreys
• Buckaroo, a cowboy of the vaquero tradition
• Buckaroos, the backing band for Buck Owens
  • Buckaroo, a song by country singer Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• Buckaroo (game), a children's game made by Hasbro
• Mesquite Buckaroo, a 1939 film
• Private Buckaroo, a 1942 film starring the Andrews Sisters
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), a science fiction film
• The Reckless Buckaroo, a 1935 film

breaker, breeder, broncobuster, caballero, cattleman, cavalier, cavalryman, chevalier, circus rider, cow keeper, cowboy, cowgirl, cowman, cowpuncher, dairy farmer, dairyman, equerry, equestrian, equestrienne, farrier, gaucho, grazier, groom, horse soldier, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseman, horseshoer, horsewoman, hostler, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, postboy, postilion, puncher, rancher, ranchero, ranchman, rider, roughrider, sheepman, stableboy, stableman, steeplechaser, stock raiser, stockbreeder, stockkeeper, stockman, tamer, trainer, trick rider, vaquero