Definition of Cowmen

1. Noun. (plural of cowman) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cowmen

1. cowman [n] - See also: cowman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowmen

cowleech
cowleeches
cowlesite
cowless
cowlick
cowlicks
cowlike
cowling
cowlings
cowlless
cowls
cowlstaff
cowlstaffs
cowlstaves
cowman
cowmen (current term)
cowmilk
cownose ray
coworker
coworkers
coworking
cowp
cowpat
cowpath
cowpaths
cowpats
cowpea
cowpea plant
cowpeas
cowped

Literary usage of Cowmen

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

1. Violet; Or, The Danseuse: A Portraiture of Human Passions and Character by Marian Dora Malet (1836)
"Now let us see,— very well,—begin with the exercises for the body first—aliens, cowmen$ons. ... cowmen ..."

2. The Book of Texas by Harry Yandell Benedict, John Avery Lomax (1916)
"Custom, as a matter of fact, built up an unwritten law re- . garding range rights, and, as the cowmen increased in numbers, there were not as many conflicts ..."

3. Through Texas: A Series of Interesting Letters by Walter Barlow Stevens (1892)
"Until three years ago the cowmen controlled the Panhandle politics. ... Self-interest of the cowmen is arrayed against self-interest of the farmers. ..."

4. The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Andy Adams (1903)
"That 's the way those old Texas cowmen acted about it. ... A few of these old cowmen got funny and thought it would be a good joke to have Frog enter his ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"To most of them it was refused, to all those who applied to the farm bailiff; but by special grace of certain cowmen some of these neighbours received ..."

6. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1874)
"3 cowmen, at 17s. per week. 1 shepherd, at 16s. 6rf. per week. 2 horse-keepers, at 17s. ... 10s. for one month, the cowmen, horse-keepers, and shepherds 51. ..."

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