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Recent Examples of vaquero
There's plenty of history on vaqueros, or Mexican cowboys, in the West, but one demographic left their prints on Arizona history with their stories vastly untold: Black cowboys.
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Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
The Smithsonian Museum estimates that one in four cowboys was Black, working alongside Hispanic vaqueros and Native Americans to help settle the West.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Available at vaqueros stands near sections 204, 229, 416 and 446.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
When the herd grew unmanageable, Mexican-Spanish vaqueros (cowboys) were brought in from California to teach locals how to rope and herd cattle.
—Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
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Amanda Luberto, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026
The Smithsonian Museum estimates that one in four cowboys was Black, working alongside Hispanic vaqueros and Native Americans to help settle the West.
—Bo Evans, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Available at vaqueros stands near sections 204, 229, 416 and 446.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
When the herd grew unmanageable, Mexican-Spanish vaqueros (cowboys) were brought in from California to teach locals how to rope and herd cattle.
—Sophie-Claire Hoeller, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaquero
Noun
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Dress up like a cowboy with leather shirts and pants.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Following her character’s breakup with a cowboy (played by Luke Grimes), Langley hitches a ride back to Tennessee with a sage country singer who’s already seen it all (Miranda Lambert).—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Channel the gaucho lifestyle in a look that pairs rustic earth tones with durable leather; layer up for evenings spent wine tasting, stargazing, or both.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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So guess who becomes Bond's ally? Played for broad comedy and featuring bizarre pop culture references (the Magnificent Seven theme plays when Roger Moore dresses like a gaucho), Moonraker finds the franchise parodying itself.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Jan. 2026
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Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.—
Jenny Peters,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Joe worked as a cowpuncher in Flagler, Colo., making $150 a day tending to cattle on horseback.—
Jose A. Del Real,
Washington Post,
6 Nov. 2022
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The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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Little Sterling has also been experimenting with her style recently, with her mom sharing snaps of her dressing up as a cowgirl on Monday, April 27.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Sterger, also known as the famous FSU cowgirl from the mid-2000s, said in a lengthy Instagram post that she's been dealing with pain in the right breast for over a month now, and she was rushed to the ER on Thursday because her right breast exploded.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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In Mathura, a northern city where Krishna is said to have been born, people recreate a Hindu myth in which Krishna visits Radha to romance her, and her cowherd friends, taking offense at his advances, drive him out with sticks.—
Hari Kumar,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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Caterina was foisted off on a cowherd in a neighboring village, while Ser Piero married into a wealthy family.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
10 Feb. 2023
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“Vaquero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaquero. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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