Buckaroo

A buckaroo is a cowboy of the Great Basin and California region of the United States, from an Anglicization of the Spanish word vaquero.

Buckaroo or Buckaroos may also refer to:

Music

• The Buckaroos, the backing band for country singer Buck Owens
  • "Buckaroo" (instrumental), a 1965 instrumental by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• "Buckaroo" (song), a song from the self-titled debut album by country singer Lee Ann Womack

Teams

• Kelowna Buckaroos (1961-1983), a former Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
  • Summerland Buckaroos (1983-1988), the name of the team after relocating to Summerland, British Columbia
• Port Coquitlam Buckaroos (1999-2006), an ice hockey team based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
• Pendleton Buckaroos (1912-1914), a team in the short-lived professional baseball Western Tri-State League
• Portland Buckaroos, several defunct ice hockey teams which were based in Portland, Oregon
• the sports teams and mascot of Breckenridge High School, Breckenridge, Texas

Other uses

• Buckaroo Banzai (character), in the film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and the Battletech fictional universe
• Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive, a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film
• Buckaroo!, a children's game made by the Milton Bradley company
• Temco T-35 Buckaroo, an unsuccessful low-cost 1940s trainer aircraft
• Friendship knot, also known as a buckeroo knot
• Buckaroo Broadcasting, LLC, license owner of radio stations KWNA (AM) and KWNA-FM, serving Winnemucca, Nevada

See also

• "Bronze Buckaroo," a nickname given to actor and singing movie cowboy Herb Jeffries (1913-2004)