Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cowboy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cowboy \Cow"boy`\ (-boi`), n.
1. A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an
adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of
the Western and Southwestern United States.
2. One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War
infested the neutral ground between the American and
British lines, and committed depredations on the
Americans.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cowboy
n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
horseback [syn: {cowpuncher}, {puncher}, {cowman}, {cattleman},
{cowpoke}, {cowhand}, {cowherd}]
2: a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and
bulldogging [syn: {rodeo rider}]
3: someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in
driving vehicles)
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