caballero

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noun

A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context

OriginSpanish caballero ← Old Spanish cavallero ← Late Latin caballārius →
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Meanings

caballero1

nouncaballero (plural caballeros or caballeroes)

plural caballeros · plural caballeroes

  1. A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context

    Here we usually find the caballero aiming his pistol in one direction while pointing his reined-in steed in another, as if ready to wheel and dash to safety.

    2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in New York Times
  2. A Spanish gentleman.
  3. A Spanish line dance.

Caballero2

proper nounCaballero (plural Caballeros)

plural Caballeros

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Origin

caballero · noun

  1. Proto-Celtic*kaballosder.?
  2. Latincaballus
  3. Late Latincaballārius
  4. Old Spanishcavallero
  5. Spanishcaballero
  6. Englishcaballero

Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier and chevalier.

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Caballero · proper noun

  1. Spanishcaballero
  2. EnglishCaballero

From Spanish caballero, originally an occupational surname for a knight.

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Translations

Spanish Caballero
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Tagalog Caballero
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Cite this entry
APA

caballero. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caballero

MLA

“caballero.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caballero. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caballero,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caballero.

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