This week’s theme
Five words that use all letters of the alphabet

This week’s words
expergefaction
vaquero
azymous
whipjack
vendible

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(vah-KER-o)

MEANING:

noun: A livestock herder: a cowboy.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Spanish vaquero (cowboy), from vaca (cow), from Latin vacca. Earliest documented use: 1826.

USAGE:

“‘Our steeds need to drink for the day ahead,’ the vaquero said.”
Rudolfo Anaya; My Land Sings; HarperCollins; 2001.

See more usage examples of vaquero in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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