英和和英

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌbʌkəˈɹuː/
• (General American) IPA: /ˌbʌkəˈɹu/
• 韻: -uː
• ハイフネーション: buck‧a‧roo

語源 1

Modified from Spanish vaquero (“cowboy”), with the spelling influenced by buck (“(noun) male antelope, deer, etc.; adventurous or high-spirited young man; (verb) of a horse, etc.: to leap upward arching its back, coming down with head low and forelegs stiff, forcefully kicking its hind legs upward”). Doublet of vaquero.

名詞

buckaroo (plural buckaroos) (US)

1. (also attributive) A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not participate in rodeos.
   • 2005 September 2, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana, 00:51:25 from the start, in Brokeback Mountain, Universal City, Calif.: Focus Features, →OCLC:

     No thanks, cowboy. If I was to let every rodeo hand I pulled a bull off of buy me liquor, I'd have been an alcoholic long ago. Pullin' bulls off of you buckaroos is just my job. So save your money for your next entry fee, cowboy.

2. (by extension)
   1. One who adopts a distinctive style of cowboy attire and heritage.

      Many cowboy poets have a buckaroo look and feel about them.

   2. A style of cowboy boot with a high heel tapered at the back.
3. (Western US, figurative) A headstrong, reckless person; a hothead.

   Don’t run in looking for a fight like some kind of buckaroo.

別の表記

• buckayro (obsolete)
• buckeroo

派生語

• buckarette
• -eroo (possibly)

語源 2

Probably a fanciful elaboration of buck, influenced by buckaroo (etymology 1).

名詞

buckaroo (plural buckaroos)

1. (US, slang) Synonym of buck (“a dollar”)

   Synonyms: buckaroonie, (US, slang) smackeroo

   That’ll be twenty buckaroos, buddy.

派生語

• buckaroonie

参考

• smackeroonie, smackeroony, smackeroonies

参照

Further reading

• cowboy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia