About The Word Cowboy

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Cowboy

Cowboy Meaning & Definition
Cowboy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cowboy?

[n] someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
[n] a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
[n] a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cowboy: cattleman | cowhand | cowherd | cowman | cowpoke | cowpuncher | puncher | rodeo rider

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cowboy: broncobuster | buckaroo | caballero | cattleman | cavalier | cavalryman | chevalier | circus rider | cowgirl | cowhand | cowherd | cowman | cowpuncher | drover | equestrian | equestrienne | gaucho | goatherd | gooseboy | gooseherd | herder | herdsman | hogherd | horse soldier | horse wrangler | horseback rider | horsebacker | horseherd | horseman | horsewoman | jockey | knight | mounted policeman | pigman | postboy | postilion | puncher | rider | roughrider | sheepherder | sheepman | shepherd | shepherdess | steeplechaser | swanherd | swineherd | trick rider | vaquero | waddy | wrangler

See Also | adventurer | bronco buster | buckaroo | buckeroo | cowgirl | gaucho | horse wrangler | performer | performing artist | ranch hand | roper | vaquero | venturer | wrangler

Cowboy In Webster's Dictionary

\Cow"boy`\ (-boi`), n. 1. A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States. 2. One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.

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