as in cowpoke
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
cowboys were rounding up the cattle for branding
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Recent Examples of cowboy
Kelsea Ballerini and Noah Kahan gave all the cowboys in Nashville permission to get a little teary-eyed at the 2024 CMA Awards.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
And like sure yes cowboys and country music have been coming back for years (Lil Nas X, Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, others probably).
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024
Signe Skov Thomsen, Malene Flindt Pedersen A journey deep into southern Galicia, one of Europe’s most vulnerable wildfire zones, where wild horses have roamed the mountains for centuries under the watch of local cowboys.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
But the real breakout is Kyle Schmid as the cowboy who runs this ragtag team of NIS investigators.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
And like sure yes cowboys and country music have been coming back for years (Lil Nas X, Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, others probably).
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024
Signe Skov Thomsen, Malene Flindt Pedersen A journey deep into southern Galicia, one of Europe’s most vulnerable wildfire zones, where wild horses have roamed the mountains for centuries under the watch of local cowboys.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
But the real breakout is Kyle Schmid as the cowboy who runs this ragtag team of NIS investigators.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowboy
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Younger kids can choose from a selection of small plates portioned for cowpokes.Outside Online, Outside Online, 17 July 2024
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His fictional protagonists have included ornery cowpokes and professors of esoterica.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Houston is also home to the rodeo, the country’s oldest Black trail ride, and Black cowboy culture — in 1800s Texas, one in four cowhands were Black.Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
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On a recent morning, one cowhand lounged in dusty jeans.Jes Aznar Mike Ives, New York Times, 26 June 2023
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The Supreme Court had already decided that yes, indeed, Texas — which spent a hundred million buckaroos a year on California produce — could throw up its own quarantine on Golden State goods.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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The group disqualifies him, however, after researchers discover his buckaroo abilities are limited to wearing expensive Stetson hats and tripping on his lasso.Gustavo ArellanoColumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
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Bella Hadid has returned from playing the starring role in Rodeo and Juliet–a sort of real-life rom-com where an international supermodel falls in love with a simple Texan cowman and realizes there is a life beyond New York, London, Paris and Milan–and is (more importantly) back in capri pants.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 May 2024
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McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022
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The rancher reported their findings to the Navajo County Sheriff's Office and the Arizona Department of Agriculture Livestock Division, who, working in tandem, conducted a lengthy investigation.Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
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County investigators discovered that 32 types of PFAS were in the ranchers’ soil and water.Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
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The museum would later acquire and display the nine-by-nine-foot Napoleon Leading the Army Over the Alps, depicting a black horseman in camouflage and Timberlands against a background with tiny sperm swimming throughout — a recurring theme in his early work.Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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That depth of bench is the main reason that Thoroughbred horsemen from around the world are so keen to come Stateside to test their luck come November.Guy Martin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Cowboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowboy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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