variants
also buckeroos
as in cowboys
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West
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cowboys
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Because behind every ride is an echo of the thousands of Black cowboys who helped shape the American West.—
Brian Unger,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026 -
The most effective messengers are not grassroots activists or rising politicians but farmers, wildland firefighters, fishermen, cowboys, hunters, game wardens and foresters.—
Nadia Gill,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Buckaroos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckaroos. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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