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Definition of gaucho noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gaucho

noun

/ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ/

/ˈɡaʊtʃəʊ/

(plural gauchos)

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a South American cowboy
Word OriginLatin American Spanish, probably from Araucanian (a language spoken by native peoples in Chile and Argentina) kauču ‘friend’.

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