cowboy
1cow·boy
noun \-ˌbȯi\Definition of COWBOY
1
: one who tends cattle or horses; especially : a usually mounted cattle-ranch hand
2
: a rodeo performer
3
: one having qualities (as recklessness, aggressiveness, or independence) popularly associated with cowboys: as a : a reckless driver b : a business or businessperson operating in an uncontrolled or unregulated manner
Examples of COWBOY
- a movie about cowboys in the old West
- He worked for several years as a cowboy on a ranch in Texas.
- We've got a bunch of risk-taking cowboys running this project.
First Known Use of COWBOY
1623
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Rhymes with COWBOY
ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, bok choy, borzoi, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, convoy, decoy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, killjoy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Saint Croix, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy
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