Buckaroo

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A buckaroo is a cowboy of the Great Basin and California region of the United States, from an Anglicization of the Spanish word vaquero.

Buckaroo or Buckaroos may also refer to:

Music

Teams

  • Kelowna Buckaroos (1961-1983), a former Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
    • Summerland Buckaroos (1983-1988), the name of the team after relocating to Summerland, British Columbia
  • Port Coquitlam Buckaroos
    (1999-2006), an ice hockey team based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
  • Pendleton Buckaroos (1912-1914), a team in the short-lived professional baseball Western Tri-State League
  • Portland Buckaroos, several defunct ice hockey teams which were based in Portland, Oregon
  • Buckaroos, the sports teams and mascot of Breckenridge High School, Breckenridge, Texas
  • Buckaroos, the sports teams and mascot of Monticello High School in Monticello, Utah
  • Buckaroos, the sports teams and mascot of Kaycee School , Kaycee, Wyoming

Other uses

  • Buckaroo Banzai (character)
    , in the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and the Battletech fictional universe
  • Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive, a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film
  • Buckaroo!, a children's game made by the Milton Bradley company
  • Temco T-35 Buckaroo, an unsuccessful low-cost 1940s trainer aircraft
  • Friendship knot, also known as a buckeroo knot
  • Buckaroo Broadcasting, LLC, former license owner of radio station KWNA-FM, serving Winnemucca, Nevada
  • Buckaroo (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse and leading sire
  • Nailbiter (comic) takes place in the fictional town of Buckaroo, Oregon
  • Slang term for dollar

See also

  • "Bronze Buckaroo", a nickname given to actor and singing movie cowboy Herb Jeffries (1913–2014)