cowboy

Definition

  • noun: a man who rides a horse and whose job is to take care of cows or horses especially in the western U.S.
  • noun: one who tends cattle or horses
  • verb: to work as a cowboy
  • sometimes used before another noun
  • synonyms: drover, cowherd

Examples

  • We've got a bunch of risk-taking 'cowboys' running this project.

  • He worked for several years as a 'cowboy' on a ranch in Texas.

  • a movie about 'cowboys' in the old West

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Hell, son. How many dukes do you know about? - Greatest American ever lived. - Look at that. "Circle up the wagons, pilgrims." "Whatever you say, cowboy." I'm not that much of a Western fan. I like science-fiction. Ah-hhh. Space boy. - I figured as much. Let me ask you something. (..)
    2003 House of 1000 Corpses