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cauchu
Quechua/Mapuche · pre-1600s
"a wanderer"
of disputed origin, possibly referring to a wanderer or vagabond
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gaucho
Spanish · 1700s-1800s
"a South American cowboy"
named the skilled horsemen of the South American plains
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gaucho
English · 1800s
"a South American cowboy or herdsman"
adopted as accounts of South American ranching spread
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