The () is the traditional mounted cattle-herdsman of Hungary. The tradition is associated with the Hungarian puszta and with the Hungarian Grey or Hungarian Steppe breed of Podolic cattle (), now considered a meat breed but formerly used as oxen. is the origin of the word goulash.
See also Csikós Betyárs Hajduk (soldiers)
References Royal Commission for the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873 (1874) Reports on the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873: presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty London: G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M. Stationery Office, Volume 4, pp.313–314