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cowboy

/ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/noun2 syllables

Cowboy means: a male hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.

Synonyms for cowboy2

noun, as in a male hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

cowman, cattleman

What does cowboy mean?3

noun

1

a male hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

2

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

3

a male performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cowboy in a sentence

  • At first, the local cowboys laughed at him.Source_VOA
  • A cowboy is driving cattle to the pasture.CM
  • The actor really played cowboy roles better than any other actor.Dejo
  • Please exercise every caution against cowboy salesmen of water purifiers and fraudulent-test sales.fcbond
  • Remington was a cowboy for only two years.Source_VOA
  • People generally tend to imagine cowboy boots with spurs rather than without.mutskt
  • Diego was dressed up in a cowboy costume.Amastan
  • Will you wear cowboy boots to the rodeo?Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of cowboy

as a noun

plural
cowboys