COWBOY

cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd

(noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

cowboy

(noun) someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)

cowboy, rodeo rider

(noun) a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

cowboy (plural cowboys)

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.

(informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.

(British, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.

(card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.

Hypernyms

• cowhand

• cowperson

• cowpoke

Coordinate terms

• cowgirl

Verb

cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)

(intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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