gaucho








< /ˈgaʊ tʃoʊz; Spanish ˈgaʊ tʃɔs/.

  1. a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.
  2. gauchos. Also called gaucho pants. wide, calf-length trousers for men or women modeled after the trousers worn by South American gauchos.

noun plural -chos

  1. a cowboy of the South American pampas, usually one of mixed Spanish and Indian descent
n.

1824, from Spanish, probably from a native South American language, cf. Araucanian cauchu “wanderer.”

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