||Gau"cho (?), n. A member of an Indian population, somewhat affected by Spanish blood, in the archipelagoes off the Chilean coast.

||Gau"cho (gou"ch&osl;), n., pl. Gauchos (-ch&osl;z) [Sp.] One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle.

||Gau"cho (?), n. A member of an Indian population, somewhat affected by Spanish blood, in the archipelagoes off the Chilean coast.

• A cowboy of the South American pampas