cowboy

cowboy

noun

Definition of COWBOY

a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range <cowboys were rounding up the cattle for branding>

Synonyms buckaroo (also buckeroo), cowhand, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, waddy (or waddie) [West], wrangler

Related Words cowgirl; caballero [chiefly Southwest], gaucho, vaquero; horseman, horsewoman; cattleman, rancher, stockman; cowherd, drover, herder, herdsman