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

  • (..) .. I was thinking I'd go as a government agent... .. ...who'II kiII GeneraI BIoodbath McGrath. .. An armed, Negro cowboy costume in a room fuII of white former sIave owners. .. You'II win first prize. .. Listen, the art of disguise is what we need to get into the party... .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West
  • (..) .. Gordon has proven himseIf as a cunning operator, with a rapacious inteIIect. .. Nothing wiII stop him from compIeting a mission... .. ...except maybe the impuIsive actions of a headstrong cowboy. .. Who are you, mister? .. What do you mean, who am I? .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West