caballero

Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier.

caballero (plural caballeros or caballeroes)

1. A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context
   • 2007, January 26, “Roberta Smith”, in Outside In‎:

     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.

2. A Spanish gentleman.
3. A Spanish dance.

From Late Latin caballārius, from Latin caballus.

• (ll-y distinction) IPA^(key): [ka.βaˈʎe.ɾo]
• (ll-y neutralization) IPA^(key): [ka.βaˈʝe.ɾo]
• (Rioplatense) IPA^(key): [ka.βaˈʃe.ɾo], [ka.βaˈʒe.ɾo]

caballero m (plural caballeros)

1. gentleman
2. cowboy (more common in South America)
3. horseman
4. knight
5. cavalier

• (gentleman): señor
• (cowboy): vaquero, gaucho (Argentina), charro (Mexico), huaso (Chile)
• (horseman): jinete

• caballería
• caballeriza