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rodeo (n.)

1914 as public entertainment show of horse-riding skill, from earlier meaning "cattle round-up" (1834), from Spanish rodeo, "pen for cattle at a fair or market," literally "a going round," from rodear "go round, surround," related to rodare "revolve, roll," from Latin rotare "go around" (see rotary).

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Definitions of rodeo from WordNet

rodeo (n.)
an exhibition of cowboy skills;
rodeo (n.)
an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up;
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