Definition of Cowgirl

1. Noun. A woman cowboy.


Definition of Cowgirl

1. Noun. a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. ¹

2. Noun. a woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat. ¹

3. Noun. (card games slang) a playing card of queen rank. ¹

4. Verb. (rare intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cowgirl

1. a female ranch worker [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowgirl

cowed
cowedly
cowen
cower
cowered
cowering
coweringly
cowers
cowfish
cowfishes
cowflap
cowflaps
cowflesh
cowflop
cowflops
cowgirl (current term)
cowgirled
cowgirling
cowgirls
cowhage
cowhages
cowhand
cowhands
cowheard
cowheards
cowhearted
cowheel
cowheels

Literary usage of Cowgirl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John Avery Lomax (1919)
"OUR LITTLE cowgirl THAR she goes a-lopin', stranger, Khaki-gowned, with flyin' hair, Talk about your classy ridin',— Wai, you're gettin' it right thar. ..."

2. Fort Worth, Texas: A Photographic Portrait by Peter A. Calvin, Photographer (2007)
"High Desert Princess (opposite) Sculptor Mehl Lawson captures the strength and independence of the Texan cowgirl, and cowgirls everywhere, in an exqusite ..."

3. Basic Math Skills, Grade 3 by Jo Ellen Moore (2003)
"Find the answers to help the cowgirl find her lost calf. Solve division problems in which a one-digit number evenly divides a multidigit number ..."

4. Daily Geography Practice: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"Amarillo Brownsville 2. Cowboys and cowgirls ride San Antonio Challenge to round up beef cattle. Would you like to be a cowboy or cowgirl in Texas? ..."

5. Dallas & Fort Worth Alive!by Kimberly Young by Kimberly Young (2001)
"NATIONAL cowgirl MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME to Do m tr 111 W. 4th St., www.cowgirl.net, -s 817-336-4475 The National cowgirl Museum started in 1975 in the Texas ..."

6. Let 'er Buck, a Story of the Passing of the Old West by Charles Wellington Furlong (1921)
"Consequently the Round- Up permits only the most skillful and proven cowgirl riders to enter. But a few of those entrants ride "slick," that is approved ..."

7. Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art by Walter Woodburn Hyde (1921)
"Another cowgirl, at the extreme left, seems to be suspended from the bull's horns, which pas under her armpits, while she catches hold further up. ..."

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