Vaquero
Spanish cattle driver
A vaquero is a cattle herder or cowboy, specifically in the tradition of Spanish-speaking regions of the Americas.
The word comes from Spanish vaca (cow) and predates the English "cowboy"—much American ranching vocabulary and technique derives from vaquero culture.
The vaqueros drove the herd north through the desert.
Mounted cattle herder
- herderLivestock caretaker
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- horsemanSkilled equine rider
- cattlemanOne who raises bovines
drover · wrangler · ranchero · stockman · caballero · rider · lasso · branding
Of or from Tenochtitlan's successor
- Spanish colonialRelating to Spain's overseas territories
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- TexasSecond-largest American state
- borderlandsTerritory near a boundary
mestizo · hacienda · rancho · mission · Southwest · colonial · tradition · legacy
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
cattleman · drover · wrangler · ranchero · stockman · caballero · rider · lasso · branding · roundup
Mexican
Of or from Tenochtitlan's successor
- Spanish colonialRelating to Spain's overseas territories
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- TexasSecond-largest American state
borderlands · mestizo · hacienda · rancho · mission · Southwest · colonial · tradition · legacy · horsemanship
rodeo
Cowboy skills competition
- corridoMexican narrative folk song
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
ballad · Western · frontier · cantina · fiesta · ranch life · cowboy poetry · rustic · pastoral · legend
reata
Braided catching rope
chaps · sombrero · saddle · riata · quirt · dally · rawhide · leather · hackamore · cinch
Vaquerocity dweller
Urban area inhabitant
office worker · urbanite · factory worker · merchant · clerk
Vaquerofarmer
One who cultivates land
campesino · agriculturalist · crop farmer · townsman · city slicker
buckaroo, vaccine, vaccination, vaccinate, vaccinated, vaccinating, cow