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llanero

Syllables: lla·ne·ro/lɑːˈnɛːɹəʊ/

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

Noun

llanero (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

Forms of llanero

pluralllaneros

Origin of llanero

Borrowed from Spanish llanero, from llano.

Questions about llanero

What does llanero mean?
Llanero means a plainsman; a South American cattle-herder or cowboy, especially in Venezuela and Colombia.
What part of speech is llanero?
Llanero is a noun.
How do you pronounce llanero?
Llanero is pronounced /lɑːˈnɛːɹəʊ/.
What is the plural of llanero?
The plural of llanero is llaneros.

Words near llanero in the dictionary

  1. Llanelli Rural
  2. Llanelly
  3. Llanengan
  4. Llanera
  5. Llanerchymedd
  6. llanero
  7. llaneros
  8. Llanes
  9. Llanfachreth
  10. Llanfaelog
  11. Llanfair

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