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

  • (..) heel-toe it, you know... Just kind of easy, going to get it. Now, you have, like, since the country-western thing has happened, you got all these people with the cowboy hats and a buckle and... they just drink a lot of beer. - (man whistles) - See? There they are. (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself