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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

  • (..) Chi Chi! Get the . -Your turn. -I kiII you! Die! TONY: Hurry up! Get in! Come on. Let's go! TONY: Bunch of cowboys. Somebody f$cked up. OMAR: TONY: You do that, Omar. You do that. OMAR: TONY: Yeah. (..)
    1983 Scarface