cowboy hat

noun

Synonyms of cowboy hatnext
: a wide-brimmed hat with a large soft crown

called also ten-gallon hat

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Malone donned a cowboy hat and blue jeans for the occasion, before belting out the track from Raye’s 1994 album, Extremes. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2025 Her husband mirrored the look in a lightweight black jacket, jeans and a cowboy hat. Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025 The carousel included two black-and-white photos of the couple sharing a kiss and another of Hodges holding a small cowboy hat while Wilson proudly put her massive ring on display. Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025 Roving waiters circulated, offering caviar bumps and freshly shucked oysters to a crowd swaddled in fur and cowboy boots, carrying dogs decked out in sunglasses, mini cowboy hats, and Moncler puffers. Rachel Marlowe, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cowboy hat

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cowboy hat was in 1882

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“Cowboy hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cowboy%20hat. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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