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

  • (..) Ellis rushed him. Got smacked for it. What'd he look like? I don't know, he was tall. Looked like a cowboy. Light hair slicked back? Yeah. Thank you for looking after her. His name's Carver, he's the brother of the man I killed. (..)
    2012 Mud