gau·cho  (gou ch ō)
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n. pl. gau·chos 1. A cowboy of the South American pampas. 2. gauchos Calf-length pants with flared legs.
[South American Spanish (Argentina and Uruguay), perhaps from Latin American Spanish gaucho, orphaned, stray (compare Colombian Spanish variant guaucho), from Quechua wahcha, variant of wakcha, landless, orphaned, poor.] |
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