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caballero en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin caballārius Old Spanish cavallero Spanish caballerobor. English caballero Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier and chevalier.

Meanings

1. A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
   • Here we usually find the caballero aiming his pistol in one direction while pointing his reined-in steed in another, as if ready to wheel and dash to safety. 2007 January 26, Roberta Smith, “Outside In”, in New York Times:
2. A Spanish gentleman.
3. A Spanish line dance.

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