Definitions for cowboy
ˈkaʊˌbɔɪcow·boy

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd(noun)

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

2. cowboy, rodeo rider(noun)

   a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

3. cowboy(noun)

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cowboy(Noun)

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

2. cowboy(Noun)

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

3. cowboy(Noun)

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

4. cowboy(Noun)

   A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.

5. cowboy(Noun)

   A playing card of king rank.

6. cowboy(Verb)

   To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cowboy(noun)

   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. Cowboy(noun)

   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

Freebase(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cowboy

   A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend. A subtype, called a wrangler, specifically tends the horses used to work cattle. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or participate in rodeos. Cowgirls, first defined as such in the late 19th century, had a less-well documented historical role, but in the modern world have established the ability to work at virtually identical tasks and obtained considerable respect for their achievements. There are also cattle handlers in many other parts of the world, particularly South America and Australia, who perform work similar to the cowboy in their respective nations. The cowboy has deep historic roots tracing back to Spain and the earliest European settlers of the Americas. Over the centuries, differences in terrain, climate and the influence of cattle-handling traditions from multiple cultures created several distinct styles of equipment, clothing and animal handling. As the ever-practical cowboy adapted to the modern world, the cowboy's equipment and techniques also adapted to some degree, though many classic traditions are still preserved today.

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1. cowboy

   [Sun, from William Gibson's cyberpunk SF] Synonym for hacker. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence.

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1. cowboy

   Song lyrics by cowboy -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by cowboy on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce cowboy?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cowboy in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cowboy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of cowboy in a Sentence

1. Ken Burns:

   We tend to think of Country Music as one thing, but it's always been many things, country Music omnivorously wants to grab cowboy music and western swing, and the Bakersfield sound and the Nashville sound, countrypolitan and all the various permutations of string bands up and down Appalachia, one of which branches off into a whole new genre called bluegrass. Country Music's never ending and Country Music's omnivorous and Country Music's not Country Music. Country Music's always been connected. There's no border. No passports required, that allows you to go into RB or allows you to go into jazz or allows you to go into folk or rock. It is, in fact, one of the parents of rock with RB.

2. Rose Dickinson:

   The government's plans pervert the planning process and could make England's landscape a wild west for whatever cowboy wants to start drilling and digging up our countryside.

3. George Lucas:

   Because I was thinking mythologically -- should he be a cowboy, should he be John Wayne? And I said, 'Yeah, he should be John Wayne.' And when you're John Wayne, you don't shoot people (first) -- you let them have the first shot. It's a mythological reality that we hope our society pays attention to.

4. William Bonney:

   I defy you to find another cowboy wearing a cardigan sweater.

5. Drew Barrymore:

   But I do have the red cowboy hat I wore in E.T. It is in the girls' room somewhere and reminds me that I was 6 years old wearing that hat, i'm so glad I still have it.

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