Cowboys
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variant(s): Bronco busters
Broncobusters
Buckaroos
Buckeroos
Stockmen (Animal industry)
Vaqueiros
Vaqueros
See also: Cattle herders
Horsemen and horsewomen
Gauchos
Found in: McGrath, A. Born in cattle, 1987.
OED (Stockman)
Web. 3 (stockman; buckaroo or buckeroo; by folk etymology from Sp. vaquero; cowboy; broncobuster)
Macquarie dict. (Stockmen)
Baker, S.J. A dict. of Australian slang, 1982: p. 79 (stockman)
Hawkins, J.M. The Ox. paperback dict., 1983: p. 62 (stockman, pl. stockmen: a man in charge of livestock)
Black’s agr. dict. (stockman: a man in charge of livestock)
Dict. agr. term. (stockman: a person who is engaged primarily in the production of livestock in contrast with a farmer)
Heide, R. Box-office buckaroos : the cowboy hero from ... 1989.
Rojas, A.R. Vaqueros and buckaroos, 1979.
Lee, A.S.G. The flying cathedral : the story of ... cowboy, bronco buster ... 1965.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Guide to the Leslie A Miller Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: H70-140
Abstract
Two scrapbooks and loose scrapbook pages pertaining to U.S. presidents, political issues, Governor Miller, and cowboy themes. Newspaper clippings comprise the bulk of the scrapbook materials, including Governor Miller’s memoirs.
Dates:
circa 1918-1960