gaucho

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gau=cho

CIDE DICTIONARY

gaucho, n. [Sp.].

•  One of the native inhabitants of the South American pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle. Hence, a South American cowboy, especially on the pampas.  [1913 Webster]
•  A member of an Indian population, somewhat affected by Spanish blood, in the archipelagoes off the Chilean coast.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gaucho, n. (pl. -os) a cowboy from the S. American pampas.

Etymology

Sp. f. Quechua

THESAURUS

gaucho

broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cattleman, cavalier, cavalryman, chevalier, circus rider, cowboy, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, drover, equestrian, equestrienne, goatherd, gooseboy, gooseherd, herder, herdsman, hogherd, horse soldier, horse wrangler, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseherd, horseman, horsewoman, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, pigman, postboy, postilion, puncher, rider, roughrider, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd, shepherdess, steeplechaser, swanherd, swineherd, trick rider, vaquero, waddy, wrangler