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Definition of Cowman
1. Noun. A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.
Specialized synonyms: Buckaroo, Buckeroo, Vaquero, Cowgirl, Gaucho, Horse Wrangler, Wrangler, Roper
Generic synonyms: Ranch Hand
Definition of Cowman
1. Noun. cattle rancher ¹
2. Noun. cattleman ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowman
1. one who owns cattle [n COWMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowman
Literary usage of Cowman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"S. 642) cowman, Atty. Gen. of New Mexico, et al. v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO. (Argued
April 11, 1921. Decided June 6, 1921.) No. 695. 1. ..."
2. Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by John Avery Lomax (1919)
"THE OLD cowman I RODE across a valley range I hadn't seen for years. The trail
was all so spoilt and strange It nearly fetched the tears. ..."
3. Ranch Life and the Hunting-trail by Theodore Roosevelt (1888)
"... and during- one night tore up and devoured a large part of his victim.
The ranchman poisoned the carcass and killed the bear. OLD-STYLE TEXAN cowman. ..."
4. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1877)
"cowman, C Hill, 223. And while the better opinion is against such discrimination
and denunciation (Catlin v. Gunter, UN. Y. 368), yet it is undoubtedly true ..."
5. Songs of the Cowboys by Nathan Howard Thorp (1921)
"THE OLD cowman By Scott Levitt, Great Falls, Montana Got song from Joel Thomas,
but at the time I did not know author's name. When the sap comes up through ..."
6. Annals of Annapolis: Comprising Sundry Notices of that Old City from the by David Ridgely (1841)
"... and Whipped—Witchcraft—Condemnation of John cowman—And pardoned—The Quakers
remonstrate against taking Oaths—Proceedings of the Assembly thereon—Indian ..."
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