gaucho

[ gou-choh; Spanish gou-chaw ]

/ ˈgaʊ tʃoʊ; Spanish ˈgaʊ tʃɔ /

a native cowboy of the South American pampas, usually of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry.

gauchos. Also called gaucho pants. wide, calf-length trousers for men or women modeled after the trousers worn by South American gauchos.

Origin of gaucho

1815–25; < American Spanish < Arawak cachu comrade

The Gaucho, now holding fast the bridle fixed to the lower jaw, leads the horse outside the corral.

A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World |Charles Darwin
Then the gaucho is witness to an exhibition of grief and rage, both wild as ever agitated the breast of a boy.

Gaspar the Gaucho |Mayne Reid
In spite of his rough appearance and manner, the gaucho is often kind-hearted.

The Amazing Argentine |John Foster Fraser
A touch of this Gaucho quality, in a milder form, is felt through all classes of Uruguayan society.

South America Observations and Impressions |James Bryce

But no gaucho he, nor individual of any honest calling: instead, a criminal of deepest dye, experienced in every sort of villainy.

Gaspar the Gaucho |Mayne Reid

gaucho

/ (ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ) /

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

C19: from American Spanish, probably from Quechuan wáhcha orphan, vagabond