gaucho
noun/ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ/
/ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ/
(plural gauchos)
- a South American cowboyWord OriginLatin American Spanish, probably from Araucanian (a language spoken by native peoples in Chile and Argentina) kauču ‘friend’.
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