cowboy meaning
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[ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ] WCowboy
- 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 cowboy has deep historic roots tracing back to Spain and the earliest European settlers of the Americas.
- ^ Malone, J., p. 1.
- ^ Cowgirl Hall of Fame website.
- NounPLcowboys
- A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
- 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.
- (Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
- (card games slang) A playing card of king rank.
- A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
- VerbSGcowboysPRcowboyingPT, PPcowboyed
- (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
- (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The cowboy was bucked off the bronco after 7 seconds.
- The devil's rope was originally designed to keep cows from roaming, Indians from encroaching, and the cowboys from singing their lonesome ballads.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- There will always be sports fans ready to relive and reargue the merits of celebrated professional sports teams like the 1995 Dallas Cowboys.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of cowboy in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "cowboy" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.