Cowboy

Etymology

 * A translated calque in English from the Spanish word "vaquero".

Noun

 * 1) A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
 * 2) A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
 * 3)  A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
 * 4)  A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
 * 5)  A king (the playing card).

Related terms

 * cowgirl


 * cowman


 * cowperson

Verb

 * 1)  To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
 * 2) * 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
 * Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
 * 1) * 1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
 * Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
 * 1) * 2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo
 * I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.

Adjectives
elemental; daredevil; equestrian; bright; crooning; weather-beaten; saddle-hardened; hard-riding.

Verbs
employ—s; quarter—s; —brands; —breaks horses; —breaks loose; —charges; —corrals; —drives; —herds; —lassoes; — mounts; —punches cattle; —ropes; —rounds up; —rustles; —stampedes; —trails; — whoops; —wrangles.

Thesaurus
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

Noun

 * Arabic: ,
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: каубой
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 牛仔
 * Croatian:
 * Danish: cowboy
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Greek:, καουμπόης,  καουμπόι


 * Hebrew: בוקר (boqer) (1,2)
 * Japanese: カウボーイ
 * Korean: 카우보이
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, пастух, пастушка
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: kraviar (1), cowboy  (2...)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) cowboy

Synonyms

 * karjapaimen

Noun

 * 1) cowboy