llanero

lla·ne·ro
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/lɑːˈnɛːɹəʊ//ljɑːˈnɛːɹəʊ/

noun

A plainsman; a South American cattle-herder or cowboy, especially in Venezuela and Colombia.

OriginSpanish llanero →
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Meanings

nounllanero (plural llaneros)

plural llaneros

  1. A plainsman; a South American cattle-herder or cowboy, especially in Venezuela and Colombia.

    The fugitive slaves and their descendants who formed the bulk of the llaneros of Venezuela initially chose the royalist side.

    2018, Wim Klooster, Revolutions in the Atlantic World, New Edition: A Comparative History, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 164

Origin

  1. Spanishllanero
  2. Englishllanero

Borrowed from Spanish llanero, from llano.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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