cowboy

Definition

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

Etymology

PIE word *gʷṓws From cow + boy. More on Wikipedia.

Example Sentences

• "There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”"

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