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pampero

pampero


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pampero  \Pam*pe"ro\,  n.[Sp.,  fr  pampa  a  plain.] 
  A  violent  wind  from  the  west  or  southwest,  which  sweeps  over 
  the  pampas  of  South  America  and  the  adjacent  seas,  often 
  doing  great  damage.  --Sir  W.  Parish. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pamperos  \Pam*pe"ros\,  n.  pl.;  sing.  {Pampero}.  [Sp.  American.] 
  (Ethnol.) 
  A  tribe  of  Indians  inhabiting  the  pampas  of  South  America.