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COWHAND

Dictionary entry overview: What does cowhand mean?

• COWHAND (noun)
The noun COWHAND has 1 sense:

1. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Familiarity information: COWHAND used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COWHAND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

cowboy; cowhand; cowherd; cowman; cowpoke; cowpuncher; puncher; cattleman

Hypernyms ("cowhand" is a kind of...):

ranch hand (a hired had on a ranch)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cowhand"):

bronco buster (a cowboy who breaks broncos to the saddle)

buckaroo; buckeroo; vaquero (local names for a cowboy ('vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and 'buckaroo' is used especially in California))

cowgirl (a woman cowboy)

gaucho (a cowboy of the South American pampas)

horse wrangler; wrangler (a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses)

roper (a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses)

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