| Pronunciation: | | 'kaw`boy
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| Matching Terms: | | cowboy boot, cowboy boots, cowboy hat
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- [n] someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
- [n] a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging
- [n] a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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| | Synonyms: | | cattleman, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher, rodeo rider |
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| | See Also: | | adventurer, bronco buster, buckaroo, buckeroo, cowgirl, gaucho, horse wrangler, performer, performing artist, ranch hand, roper, vaquero, venturer, wrangler |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cow"boy`\ (-boi`), n.
1. A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an
adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of
the Western and Southwestern United States.
2. One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War
infested the neutral ground between the American and
British lines, and committed depredations on the
Americans.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [Sun, from William Gibson's cyberpunk SF] Synonym for hacker. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence. [jargon file] |
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing or dreaming that you are a cowboy, symbolizes masculinity, ruggedness, and toughness. You are in control of your animalistic and instinctual side. |
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| | Related Terms: | | broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cattleman, cavalier, cavalryman, chevalier, circus rider, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, drover, equestrian, equestrienne, gaucho, goatherd, gooseboy, gooseherd, herder, herdsman, hogherd, horse soldier, horse wrangler, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseherd, horseman, horsewoman, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, pigman, postboy, postilion, puncher, rider, roughrider, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd, shepherdess, steeplechaser, swanherd, swineherd, trick rider, vaquero, waddy, wrangler |
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