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Definition of Cowpuncher
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 Cowpuncher
1. Noun. (informal) A cowboy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowpuncher
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowpuncher
Literary usage of Cowpuncher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rawhide Rawlins Stories by Charles Marion Russell (1921)
"I'm talkin' about the old-time ones, before the country's strung with wire 'n
nesters had grabbed all the water, 'na cowpuncher's home was big. ..."
2. Daily Paragraph Editing: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"Pecos Bill was no ordinary cowpuncher. • There is only one man alive who has ever
ridden a twister. ..."
3. Historical Readings: An Introduction to the Study of American History by Helen Blanche Bennett, Joseph A. Haniphy (1920)
"As the cowpuncher thus rides out into his great gray harvest SB field he sees no
great wealth of horned herds about or before him. It is a big country, ..."
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