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cowman

noun
cow·​man | \ ˈkau̇-mən How to pronounce cowman (audio) , -ˌman\

Definition of cowman

1 : cowherd, cowboy
2 : a cattle owner or rancher
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Synonyms for cowman

Synonyms

buckaroo (also buckeroo), cowboy, cowhand, cowpoke, cowpuncher, waddy (or waddie) [West], wrangler

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Examples of cowman in a Sentence

an expert cowman who can round up the livestock in no time

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 The crowd roared in wonder, then stood again, whooping like farmers and cowmen. — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, "Shirley Jones Returns to “Oklahoma!” with Her Teen-Idol Son," 17 June 2019

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First Known Use of cowman

1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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