| 词汇 | caballero |
| 词源 | caballero. Deriving from the Spanish meaning “a man on horseback,” caballero came to signify “a gentleman” as well. It also meant, in the words of a Texas cowboy early in the 19th century, “a hardened but gay cowboy who can jump on his horse any minute and tell the world to go to hell.” |
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