Definition of cowboy Cowboy

/kawˈbɔjˌ/ - [kawboy] - cow•boy

We found 14 definitions of cowboy from 6 different sources.

What does cowboy mean?

Noun Plural: cowboys
cowboy - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
		cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd
		ranch hand a hired hand on a ranch
		buckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
		cowgirl a woman cowboy
		gaucho a cowboy of the South American pampas
		horse wrangler, wrangler a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
cowboy - someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
cowboy - a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
		rodeo rider

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cowboy (Noun)
A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
cowboy (Noun)
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
cowboy (Noun)
A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of show showing off .
cowboy (Noun)
A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
cowboy (Noun)
A playing card of king rank.
cowboy (Verb)
To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

cowboy (n.)
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.
cowboy (n.)
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.

cowboy
A man who herds and tends cattle on a ranch, esp. in the western U.S., and who traditionally goes about most of his work on horseback.

Cowboy is a broad term for people who work on ranches. The word cowboy comes from the Spanish word vaquero. They sometimes participate in rodeos. Movies about cowboys are often called western movies.

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