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bronco
Spanish · medieval
"rough, coarse"
meaning "rough" or "rude"
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bronco
Mexican Spanish · 1700s-1800s
"an untamed horse"
applied to an unbroken, wild horse
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bronco
English · 1800s
"a wild or unbroken horse"
adopted by English-speaking cowboys in the American West
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