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