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
There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.
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Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 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
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
Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowhand
cowboy
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Each singer is known for powerful vocal performances, and their voices complement one another with a graceful concord, highlighting the song’s message of a cowboy’s straightforward, restorative and effective prayers.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Smithsonian Museum estimates that one in four cowboys was Black, working alongside Hispanic vaqueros and Native Americans to help settle the West.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Cowhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowhand. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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