'Cowboy' definitions:
Definition of 'cowboy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
noun
A performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging [syn: cowboy, rodeo rider]
noun
Someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
Definition of 'Cowboy'
From: GCIDE
- Cowboy \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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cowboy'
From: GCIDE
- cowpoke \cowpoke\ n. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback; -- an informal name for cowboy.
- Syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowhand, cowherd. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'cowboy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- broncobuster,
- buckaroo,
- caballero,
- cattleman,
- cavalier,
- cavalryman,
- chevalier,
- circus rider,
- cowgirl,
- cowhand,
- cowherd,
- cowman,
- cowpuncher,
- drover,
- equestrian,
- equestrienne,
- gaucho,
- goatherd,
- gooseboy,
- gooseherd,
- herder,
- herdsman,
- hogherd,
- horse soldier,
- horse wrangler,
- horseback rider,
- horsebacker,
- horseherd,
- horseman,
- horsewoman,
- jockey,
- knight,
- mounted policeman,
- pigman,
- postboy,
- postilion,
- puncher,
- rider,
- roughrider,
- sheepherder,
- sheepman,
- shepherd,
- shepherdess,
- steeplechaser,
- swanherd,
- swineherd,
- trick rider,
- vaquero,
- waddy,
- wrangler