caballero

chiefly Southwest

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Recent Examples of caballero Qué ha hecho Doug Emhoff, el esposo de Kamala Harris, como segundo caballero? New York Times, 23 July 2024 Rediscovering his family’s ancestral land centuries after the religious wars forced those kinsmen to flee, our caballero soon steps in to protect a local clan from an oppressive landowner and his abusive henchmen. Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024 Valderrama executive produces and stars in the Disney Branded Television project—which is actively in development— follows privileged caballero Diego De La Vega, who returns to his hometown of El Pueblo de Los Angeles following a family tragedy. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024 The Mariinsky men look especially strong on this tour, particularly the elegant Timur Askerov as the caballero’s son who falls in love with Paquita and decides to join her gypsy band. Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019 The elderly people in their North Lawrence neighborhood called him caballero. Gentleman. Nathaniel Penn, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2019 Ever the trickster, Dylan in the Rolling Thunder Revue was many things: folk singer, songwriter, rock star, bandleader, protester, actor, ringmaster, caballero, hero, joker. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 5 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caballero
Noun
  • The two entered the ring waving Mexican and Peruvian flags dressed as vaqueros.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • One of the oldest houses in the town for example, now towers over a new Starbucks, while cowboy boot-wearing fashionistas from Mexico City (about a four-hour drive away) hang out in the parish square next to actual vaqueros celebrating their daughters’ quinceañeras at the church.
    Tim Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • One devoted father teaches his son the ways of the gaucho, and is lonely when the kid returns to school.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
  • With no more than 10 guests at a time, each can join the farming team for a night of local gaucho guitar music on the Gallie family's 27,000-hectare estate, with its 8,500 merino sheep and 400 Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The dress code is urban cowgirl for the women and fatigues and combat boots for the men.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Also at the shower were other lovely touches, including champagne flutes with ribbons tied around the stems, a calendar for everyone to guess what Alex's due date will be, baby pink cowgirl boots and photos of the parents-to-be.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Caballero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caballero. Accessed 13 Jan. 2025.

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