as in cowboy
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
we need to hire a new cowhand to help out
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Recent Examples of cowhand
Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates Clint Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
Things are also taking a turn for the worse in Texas, where Runs His Horse successfully tracks down the ranch cowhands that interrupted Pete and Teonna’s tryst.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
The term Cowboy became widely popular for the trade and subsequently was whitewashed to then exclude Black cowhands from the history books.
—Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Houston is also home to the rodeo, the country’s oldest Black trail ride, and Black cowboy culture — in 1800s Texas, one in four cowhands were Black.
—Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
On a recent morning, one cowhand lounged in dusty jeans.
—Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
At a stockyard beneath the bleachers, some cowhands cooked fish for breakfast just after sunrise.
—Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
After emancipation, former slaves found work as cowhands, building the horse and ranch culture that became synonymous with the American West.
—Bitter Kali, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 June 2023
Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates Clint Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 7 June 2025
Things are also taking a turn for the worse in Texas, where Runs His Horse successfully tracks down the ranch cowhands that interrupted Pete and Teonna’s tryst.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
The term Cowboy became widely popular for the trade and subsequently was whitewashed to then exclude Black cowhands from the history books.
—Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
Houston is also home to the rodeo, the country’s oldest Black trail ride, and Black cowboy culture — in 1800s Texas, one in four cowhands were Black.
—Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
On a recent morning, one cowhand lounged in dusty jeans.
—Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
At a stockyard beneath the bleachers, some cowhands cooked fish for breakfast just after sunrise.
—Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
After emancipation, former slaves found work as cowhands, building the horse and ranch culture that became synonymous with the American West.
—Bitter Kali, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowhand
cowboy
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Elvis as a cowboy, a soldier, a surfer in nothing but his shorts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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There are also fantastic roles to play, like pirates, knights, cowboys, spies, princesses and mermaids.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Cowhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowhand. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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