Vaquero

The term means cowboy, and has been directly borrowed from Spanish. It is mainly used in southwest and central Texas. The Californian version of vaquero is buckaroo. Although both terms refer to the cattleman in the two states, there are historical differences in the usage of the terms. Vaqueros were people who were hired on the field wearing different attires, while buckaroos were cattlemen who were born on the same ranch that they worked on.