Where did the word, buckaroo, come from?

September 23rd, 2009 | by admin |

What does it mean?

Etymology

Derived from Spanish vaquero (cowboy).
Several examples of the heels on buckaroo style cowboy boots.
Several examples of the heels on buckaroo style cowboy boots.

[edit] Noun

Singular
buckaroo

Plural
buckaroos

buckaroo (plural buckaroos)

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. (slang) A dollar (variation of buck).

That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.

  1. 3 Responses to “Where did the word, buckaroo, come from?”

  2. By Ashwin on Sep 23, 2009 | Reply

    Etymology

    Derived from Spanish vaquero (cowboy).
    Several examples of the heels on buckaroo style cowboy boots.
    Several examples of the heels on buckaroo style cowboy boots.

    [edit] Noun

    Singular
    buckaroo

    Plural
    buckaroos

    buckaroo (plural buckaroos)

    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. (slang) A dollar (variation of buck).

    That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.
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  3. By d_r_siva on Sep 23, 2009 | Reply

    1889, Amer.Eng., from bakhara (1827), from Sp. vaquero "cowboy," from vaca "cow." Spelling altered by infl. of buck.

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=buckaroo

    1. cowboy: a cowhand in the southwestern United States ( informal )

    2. broncobuster: a cowhand who breaks wild horses

    http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861593124

    1. Western U.S.a cowboy, esp. a broncobuster.
    2. Older Slang.fellow; guy.

    http://dictionary.infoplease.com/buckaroo

    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
    o 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

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckaroo

    Local names for a cowboy. `Vaquero’ is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo’ is used especially in California.
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  4. By PanamaJoe on Sep 23, 2009 | Reply

    It’s a bastardization of the Spanish word "vaquero" which means cowman. Vaca=cow -ero= one who works with or uses.
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