cibolero
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Spanish cibolero.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: cib‧o‧le‧ro
Noun
[edit]cibolero (plural ciboleros)
- (New Mexico, historical) A Spanish colonial (and later Mexican) buffalo hunter from New Mexico.
- 1855, Thomas Mayne Reid, chapter VIII, in The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico, volume I, David Bogue, page 89:
- When the cibolero returned to the plain, he was received with a fresh burst of vivas, and kerchiefs were waved to greet him.
Further reading
[edit]- “cibolero”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cíbolo (“buffalo”) + -ero.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiboˈleɾo/ [θi.β̞oˈle.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siboˈleɾo/ [si.β̞oˈle.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ci‧bo‧le‧ro
Noun
[edit]cibolero m (plural ciboleros)
References
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