Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vaquero
1 sense of vaquero
Sense 1
vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo -- (local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California))
=> cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd -- (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)