mansador

   See amansador

(Sp. model spelled same [amansador] < Vulgar Latin mansum 'tame, gentle' plus Spanish agentive suffix - dor 'one who tames or domesticates')

   SW and California: 1950. In the Southwest, a horse-breaker, especially one who employs the "hackamore," or rope halter and lead rope. Spanish sources concur. Santamaría notes that this meaning of the term is particular to the Americas. Its use illustrates a process known as foregrounding. The Spanish word amansador refers principally to someone who breaks horses following methods and techniques introduced by the Spanish caballeros and Mexican vaqueros. As such, the Spanish term foregrounds or highlights the Hispanic way of taming horses.

    Alternate form: mansador.

   West: 1888. A cowboy who breaks wild horses. According to Adams, he is no ordinary run-of-the-mill horsebreaker, but a highly skilled rider who takes great pride and satisfaction in doing his job well.

    Also known as: bronc breaker, bronc buster, bronc fighter, bronc peeler, bronc rider, bronc scratcher, bronc snapper, bronc squeezer, bronc stomper, bronc twister, bullbat, buster, contract buster, flesh rider, gentler, hazer, horsebreaker, jinete, (a)mansador, peeler, rough-string rider.