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

  • (..) - Yep. - What? - "Ten-Gallon Head." - What's that? - I grew up in Louisiana, near Texas. Everybody wears cowboy hats. And a ten-gallon's a big hat. I was smart back then, so they called me Ten-Gallon Head. - Hoss wears that hat. - Hoss? (..)
    2006 The Pursuit of Happyness