Welcome to our Weekly Western Word of the Day...or, as I affectionately call it, Western Wednesdays!
Baquero - a cowboy; from the Spanish word "vaquero"
Other terms include "backhara", "buckayro", and "buckaroo" (used in the Northwest)
Just a note, "Vaca" is the Spanish word for "cow".
Source:
Cowboy Lingo by Ramon F. Adams; ISBN#0-618-08349-9
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