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cowboy
Synonyms and Antonyms 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
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