USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Vaquero is a Spanish word for a herder of cattle. It derives from vaca, meaning “cow", which in turn comes from the Latin word vacca.

Detailed explanation-2: -Vaqueros were proverbial cowboys-rough, hard-working mestizos who were hired by the criollo caballeros to drive cattle between New Mexico and Mexico City, and later between Texas and Mexico City.

Detailed explanation-3: -: herdsman, cowboy. used in reference to cowboys in areas (such as Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) where Spanish is spoken.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vaquero means a person who managed cattle on horseback. The term “cowboy” means “a boy who tends cows.” Cowboys began their careers as young as eleven or twelve years old, and began earning wages as soon as they had enough skill to be hired.

Detailed explanation-5: -In Mexico, cowboys are called vaqueros in the northern regions and charros in the Jalisco and Michoacan regions. Originally, however, the cowboys were called caballeros, literally translated as gentleman and stemming from the Spanish word for horse, caballo.