Definition of cowmannext
as in cowboy
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range an expert cowman who can round up the livestock in no time

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Recent Examples of cowman 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 McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends. — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022 The crowd roared in wonder, then stood again, whooping like farmers and cowmen. — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowman
cowboy
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  • And while his animals could pass through the vehicle barriers, the cowboys herding them could not.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Doing so, claims the personal knowledge that disciplinary training and structures like the vita elide and offers a bridge to more fully understand the grief and loss the families in the cowboy suit tragedy experienced.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Cowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowman. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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