cibolero
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish cibolero
Noun[edit]
cibolero (plural ciboleros)
- A Spanish colonial, or Mexican, buffalo hunter in New Mexico.
- 1855, Mayne Reid, The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico, 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.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cíbolo (“buffalo”) + -ero.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiboˈleɾo/ [θi.β̞oˈle.ɾo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siboˈleɾo/ [si.β̞oˈle.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ci‧bo‧le‧ro
Noun[edit]
cibolero m (plural ciboleros)
References[edit]
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾo
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾo/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- New Mexico Spanish
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