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Definition of cowgirl
1 : a girl or woman who tends cattle or horses
2 : a girl or woman who is a rodeo performer
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Recent Examples of cowgirl from the Web
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For more than four decades, the western-themed attraction has hired thousands of wannabe-cowboys and cowgirls, both young and old learning decades-old skills, to the excitement of the family that has long owned it.
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The show centers on Annie Oakley, the legendary sharpshooter who became the featured attraction of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and virtually created the image of the American cowgirl.
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Cowboys and cowgirls competed in the annual Father's Day Rodeo at the William Clark Chamberlin Equestrian Center in Anchorage Sunday as part of the Rodeo Alaska 2017 Champions Tour.
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For the past 60 years, this small-town community just east of Buffalo has hosted the Attica Rodeo—voted America’s No. 1 rodeo by the cowboys and cowgirls of the American Professional Rodeo Association.
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Saddle up, cowboys and cowgirls, and get ready to relive the days of the Wild, Wild West.
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And what’s become of the old roundup is a big daily dose of rodeo—saddle and bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, bull riding and tie-down roping, plus cowgirls and cowboys slaloming through barrels on fast horses.
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The next song offered a counter to the cowgirl manifest destiny: images of Native Americans, a woman looking into the distance and a couple standing proudly and silently, staring down the camera.
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It’s time to embrace your inner cowboy and cowgirl.
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First Known Use of cowgirl
1884
COWGIRL Defined for English Language Learners
cowgirl
playDefinition of cowgirl for English Language Learners
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: a woman who rides a horse and whose job is to take care of cows or horses especially in the western U.S.
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: a girl or woman who performs in a rodeo
COWGIRL Defined for Kids
cowgirl
playDefinition of cowgirl for Students
: a girl or woman who works on a ranch or performs at a rodeo
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