broncon.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɒŋkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɑŋkoʊ/

Forms: Also broncho.

Etymology: < Spanish bronco rough, rude; as applied to a horse, adopted on the Mexican frontier of U.S.

A. n.

An untamed or half-tamed horse, or a cross between the horse and mustang; a native horse of California or New Mexico. Also gen., any horse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun]

horsec825

blonkOE

brockc1000

mareOE

stota1100

caplec1290

foala1300

rouncyc1300

scot1319

caballc1450

jade1553

chival1567

prancer1567

ball1570

pranker1591

roussin1602

wormly1606

cheval1609

sonipes1639

neigher1649

quadruped1660

keffel1699

prad1703

jig1706

hoss1815

cayuse1841

yarraman1848

quad1854

plug1860

bronco1869

gee-gee1869

quadrupedant1870

rabbit1882

gee1887

neddy1887

nanto1889

prod1891

goat1894

skin1918

bang-tail1921

horsy1923

steed-

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of

bronco1869

bronco-pony1869

bronco-horse1883

bronco-team1892

bronc1893

1869 S. Bowles Our New West v. 101 A well-broken Indian pony or a ‘broncho’ (a California half-breed horse).

1871 M. Schele de Vere Americanisms (1872) 131 The horses, mules, and bronchos, as the packhorses are called.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds 454 Our bronchos carried us with ease and safety.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Aug. 10/1 [He] was captured..stripped of every bit of clothing, and bound on the back of a wild bronco, which was started off by vigorous lashing.

1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin i. 18 Bellerophon, the primal cowboy..slewed his white-winged broncho out to sea.

B. adj.

Wild, uncontrollable, rough. U.S. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable

steerlessc888

rebelc1400

untemperable?1571

effrenated1587

incontrollable1605

unrepressable1607

commandless1609

unmasterable1618

masterless1619

effrenable1621

uncontrollable1648

unrulable1672

ungovernable1673

governless1679

unrepressible1776

incoercible1804

irrepressible1811

bronco1866

intemperable1898

1866 Weekly New American 21 July 1/4 The Territory did not keep fast horses and other things, and go to bronco bailes and play whiskey poker.

1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 146 Sam's too broncho: he gets all-fired mean sometimes when he's full.

1947 Westerners' Brand Book 75 A man who made a false step wasn't necessarily all bad or ‘broncho’ as he expressed it.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

bronco-horse n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of

bronco1869

bronco-pony1869

bronco-horse1883

bronco-team1892

bronc1893

1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 428/1 There came rushing over the ridge-top..a ragged, tough broncho horse.

1963 W. E. Harney To Ayers Rock & Beyond v. 48 It was a simple matter to draft the animals they required into an adjacent yard, brand them on the bronco-panel where the motor displaced the bronco-horse.

bronco-mule n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > hybrid horse and ass

neyar1577

bronco-mule1895

1895 Outing 27 244/2 Their pack train composed of hardy little broncho-mules.

bronco-pony n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of

bronco1869

bronco-pony1869

bronco-horse1883

bronco-team1892

bronc1893

1869 S. Bowles Our New West v. 101 The mule and the Indian and ‘broncho’ ponies will live on the rich grasses of the country.

bronco-team n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of

bronco1869

bronco-pony1869

bronco-horse1883

bronco-team1892

bronc1893

1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 163 You can drive down in a day with a good tough broncho-team.

bronco-type n.

ΚΠ

1881 A. A. Hayes New Colorado iii. 36 They are provided with swift and sure footed horses, generally, in these days, of the broncho type—a mixture of the American horse and the mustang.

C2.

bronco-buster n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a breaker-in of broncos.

ΚΠ

1887 Cent. Mag. in Farmer Americanisms (1888) 89/2 An Eastern or English horse-breaker and Western broncho-buster have so little in common with each other.

1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Feb. 507 The flash riders, or horse-breakers, always called ‘bronco busters’.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 1/3 Those who saw Buffalo Bill's show will remember the riding of the broncho-busters.

1913 R. Brooke Let. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. lxxix A bold, bad, bearded broncho-buster.

bronco-busting n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1889 Regina (Sask.) Jrnl. 18 July 1/6 Broncho ‘busting’ and base-ball are the sports most indulged in [in] these times.

1891 Harper's Mag. July 208/1 Bronco busting is a distinct art.

1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 301 I had been asked to give a exhibition of broncho bustin.

1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. i. i. 9 A gun-playing, broncho-busting vaquero.

1963 Times 7 June 5/7 Attend a bronco-bustin' rodeo.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bronco
释义	broncon.adj. Brit. /ˈbrɒŋkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈbrɑŋkoʊ/ Forms: Also broncho. Etymology: < Spanish bronco rough, rude; as applied to a horse, adopted on the Mexican frontier of U.S. A. n. An untamed or half-tamed horse, or a cross between the horse and mustang; a native horse of California or New Mexico. Also gen., any horse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] horsec825 blonkOE brockc1000 mareOE stota1100 caplec1290 foala1300 rouncyc1300 scot1319 caballc1450 jade1553 chival1567 prancer1567 ball1570 pranker1591 roussin1602 wormly1606 cheval1609 sonipes1639 neigher1649 quadruped1660 keffel1699 prad1703 jig1706 hoss1815 cayuse1841 yarraman1848 quad1854 plug1860 bronco1869 gee-gee1869 quadrupedant1870 rabbit1882 gee1887 neddy1887 nanto1889 prod1891 goat1894 skin1918 bang-tail1921 horsy1923 steed- the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of bronco1869 bronco-pony1869 bronco-horse1883 bronco-team1892 bronc1893 1869 S. Bowles Our New West v. 101 A well-broken Indian pony or a ‘broncho’ (a California half-breed horse). 1871 M. Schele de Vere Americanisms (1872) 131 The horses, mules, and bronchos, as the packhorses are called. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds 454 Our bronchos carried us with ease and safety. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Aug. 10/1 [He] was captured..stripped of every bit of clothing, and bound on the back of a wild bronco, which was started off by vigorous lashing. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin i. 18 Bellerophon, the primal cowboy..slewed his white-winged broncho out to sea. B. adj. Wild, uncontrollable, rough. U.S. colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable steerlessc888 rebelc1400 untemperable?1571 effrenated1587 incontrollable1605 unrepressable1607 commandless1609 unmasterable1618 masterless1619 effrenable1621 uncontrollable1648 unrulable1672 ungovernable1673 governless1679 unrepressible1776 incoercible1804 irrepressible1811 bronco1866 intemperable1898 1866 Weekly New American 21 July 1/4 The Territory did not keep fast horses and other things, and go to bronco bailes and play whiskey poker. 1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 146 Sam's too broncho: he gets all-fired mean sometimes when he's full. 1947 Westerners' Brand Book 75 A man who made a false step wasn't necessarily all bad or ‘broncho’ as he expressed it. Compounds C1. General attributive. bronco-horse n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of bronco1869 bronco-pony1869 bronco-horse1883 bronco-team1892 bronc1893 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 428/1 There came rushing over the ridge-top..a ragged, tough broncho horse. 1963 W. E. Harney To Ayers Rock & Beyond v. 48 It was a simple matter to draft the animals they required into an adjacent yard, brand them on the bronco-panel where the motor displaced the bronco-horse. bronco-mule n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > hybrid horse and ass neyar1577 bronco-mule1895 1895 Outing 27 244/2 Their pack train composed of hardy little broncho-mules. bronco-pony n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of bronco1869 bronco-pony1869 bronco-horse1883 bronco-team1892 bronc1893 1869 S. Bowles Our New West v. 101 The mule and the Indian and ‘broncho’ ponies will live on the rich grasses of the country. bronco-team n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > [noun] > equus ferus (wild horse) > bronco or team of bronco1869 bronco-pony1869 bronco-horse1883 bronco-team1892 bronc1893 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 163 You can drive down in a day with a good tough broncho-team. bronco-type n. ΚΠ 1881 A. A. Hayes New Colorado iii. 36 They are provided with swift and sure footed horses, generally, in these days, of the broncho type—a mixture of the American horse and the mustang. C2. bronco-buster n. colloquial (originally U.S.) a breaker-in of broncos. ΚΠ 1887 Cent. Mag. in Farmer Americanisms (1888) 89/2 An Eastern or English horse-breaker and Western broncho-buster have so little in common with each other. 1888 T. Roosevelt in Cent. Mag. Feb. 507 The flash riders, or horse-breakers, always called ‘bronco busters’. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 1/3 Those who saw Buffalo Bill's show will remember the riding of the broncho-busters. 1913 R. Brooke Let. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. lxxix A bold, bad, bearded broncho-buster. bronco-busting n. and adj. ΚΠ 1889 Regina (Sask.) Jrnl. 18 July 1/6 Broncho ‘busting’ and base-ball are the sports most indulged in [in] these times. 1891 Harper's Mag. July 208/1 Bronco busting is a distinct art. 1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 301 I had been asked to give a exhibition of broncho bustin. 1931 L. Steffens Autobiogr. i. i. 9 A gun-playing, broncho-busting vaquero. 1963 Times 7 June 5/7 Attend a bronco-bustin' rodeo. 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