Thesaurus results for COWBOY

cowboy

noun

ˈkau̇-ˌbȯi

Definition of cowboy

as in cowpoke

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

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Recent Examples of cowboy Turns out, classic American cowboy songs were a big part of Stewart’s youth growing up in England with his brother Trevor. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026 He also was depicted there as the Marlboro Man, a cowboy on horseback and with a white Stetson who could ride to the rescue, on everything from baseball caps to beer cozies. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, head wrangler Grace Duncan escaped to the ranch more than a decade ago to escape her mysterious past, and found romance in the process with a cowboy on the ranch. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026 Lauren’s output spans a shore-to-shining-shore survey of American clothing genres—Ivy League, cowboy, rancher, Gatsby, outdoorsman, maritime, military, athletic, and more—plus a few, like English aristo, imported from overseas. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cowboy

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Noun

But the grizzled former Man in Black and man-who-failed-to-ground-Maverick isn’t known for playing the type of gruff ol’ cowpoke who’s about to break into song.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
The all-inclusive dude ranch is about a 90-minute drive from Reno, Nevada, and has invited travelers to get in touch with their inner cowpoke since 1962.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of cowpoke

Noun

Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of cowhand

Noun

This hearty meal will satisfy your little (and big) buckaroos.

— Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
The project remains in its early stages, but initial details suggest a more casual, family-friendly approach that aligns with the tone of the buckaroo development.

— Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

Definition of buckaroo

Noun

Once, leafing through a typographical pamphlet by the Soviet graphic artist Farsovsky, Ellendea spotted a drawing of an old-fashioned carriage and a horseman.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Nearly a decade after Fulton County seized his horses over allegations of animal mistreatment, a South Fulton horseman's fight to receive just compensation for his property has become a potentially precedent-setting constitutional case.

— Brian Unger, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of horseman

Noun

The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.

— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025

Definition of cowman

Noun

Diesel prices surging Holly Foster, a fourth-generation beef cattle rancher, is preparing to move her 400-cow herd with commercial vehicles from Plumas County to Butte County.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
So then, this rancher could inject anything with lard and butter, and people would be just as obsessed with it.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of rancher

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