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
Surprises — such as galloping Italian cowboys and hot barbecue experts — delight.
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Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Tank Adams, is another favorite cowboy out of Oklahoma.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 13 May 2025
South Florida Soul Rodeo 2025: Black cowboy culture and live R&B
Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter Tour is not making a stop in Florida, but people will be partaking in cowboy culture at the South Florida Soul Rodeo this weekend.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Denim, with its deep ties to cowboys, James Dean, and counterculture movements, frequently offers a window into the mindset of youth.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 May 2025
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Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Tank Adams, is another favorite cowboy out of Oklahoma.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 13 May 2025
South Florida Soul Rodeo 2025: Black cowboy culture and live R&B
Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter Tour is not making a stop in Florida, but people will be partaking in cowboy culture at the South Florida Soul Rodeo this weekend.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Denim, with its deep ties to cowboys, James Dean, and counterculture movements, frequently offers a window into the mindset of youth.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowboy
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It’s been ten weeks since the robbery, and Theresa and Shermy the dog are the last two urban cowpokes standing at the old makeshift homestead motel.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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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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Things are also taking a turn for the worse in Texas, where Runs His Horse successfully tracks down the ranch cowhands that interrupted Pete and Teonna’s tryst.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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The term Cowboy became widely popular for the trade and subsequently was whitewashed to then exclude Black cowhands from the history books.—
Stephanie Tharpe,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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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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The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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Colorado ranchers continue to oppose the reintroduction over concerns of wolves killing livestock, and CPW commissioners earlier this year denied a petition brought by ranchers that sought to delay the program.—
Max Levy,
Denver Post,
16 May 2025
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Enter fellow local outcast, rancher Lefty Ledbetter (Hauser), who just might have the funds to get out of town…if the theft of a coveted Indigenous Lakota ghost shirt goes through.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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The four horsemen of Big Tech — Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft — all report earnings this week, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.—
Catherine Baab,
Quartz,
29 Apr. 2025
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That frontier epic, set at the turn of the 20th century, followed three horsemen who set out across the Tierra del Fuego archipelago tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Cowboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowboy. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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