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buckarette

buckarette noun: a female buckaroo.

Noun

buckarette (plural buckarettes)

  1. (uncommon) A female buckaroo.
    • Hardly anything can shatter the daydreams of the buckaroo or buckarette like an old stubborn school horse with sides like iron.1991, Gwynne Spencer, Places to go with children in the Southwest, Chronicle Books Llc, →ISBN
    • Once sound came to Westerns, only the occasional buckarette made an appearance. In 1936, the lovely blonde Jean Arthur played a vivacious Calamity Jane in Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman.2002, Holly George-Warren, How Hollywood Invented the Wild West: Featuring The Real West, Campfire Melodies, Matinee Idols, Four Legged Friends, Cowgirls & Lone Guns, Readers Digest, →ISBN

Forms of buckarette

pluralbuckarettes

Origin of buckarette

Blend of buckaroo + -ette.

Questions about buckarette

What does buckarette mean?
Buckarette means a female buckaroo.
What part of speech is buckarette?
Buckarette is a noun.
What is the plural of buckarette?
The plural of buckarette is buckarettes.

Words near buckarette in the dictionary

  1. buck-wagons
  2. Buckajo
  3. Buckalew
  4. Buckalews
  5. Buckallew
  6. buckarette
  7. buckarettes
  8. buckaroo
  9. buckaroonie
  10. buckaroonies
  11. buckaroos

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