Gauchos

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gaucho \Gau"cho\ (gou"ch[-o]), n., pl. {Gauchos} (gou"ch[-o]z)
     [Sp.]
     One of the native inhabitants of the South American pampas,
     of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing
     cattle. Hence, a South American cowboy, especially on the
     pampas.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A member of an Indian population, somewhat affected by
        Spanish blood, in the archipelagoes off the Chilean coast.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]