Gaucho

//ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cowboy of the South American pampas.

    "Theirs was the spirit which upheld Darwin among the gauchos of the Argentine or Wallace among the head-hunters of Malaya."

  2. 2
    a cowboy of the South American Pampas wordnet
  3. 3
    A proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments. historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.

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