cowgirl
noun
a woman who herds and tends cattle on a ranch, especially in the western U.S., and who traditionally goes about most of her work on horseback.
cowgirls
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pluralof cowgirl.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A parade of cowboys and cowgirls made its way through the streets of Harlem in September of 1971.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Other Black cowgirls have done the hard work of clearing the path, and there are plenty more riding alongside her, too.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
At the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo’s latest stop in City of Industry east of Los Angeles, not only are all of the cowboys and cowgirls Black — so are most of the 3,500 spectators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
The rodeo’s president and CEO, Valeria Howard Cunningham, said children often express surprise that there are real Black cowboys and cowgirls.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
Sometimes alone, sometimes with my brother and sisters, I would find myself near the altar amid two or three hundred children, many of them dressed like Mexican cowboys and cowgirls.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
