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Vinony

gaucho

noun

  1. skilled horseman in South America
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡaʊt͡ʃoʊ/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish gaucho, of uncertain origin.

  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. A proposed currency intended to be used by Argentina and Brazil to make interregional payments.