cowman
Americannoun
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cowmen
plural
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Western U.S.
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a person who owns cattle; rancher.
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a cowboy or cowherd.
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British. a farmworker who tends cows.
noun
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another name for cowherd
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a man who owns cattle; rancher
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Etymology
Origin of cowman
Example Sentences
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The fourth, the elder statesman of the group, says: “I’m a cowman, I guess.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2018
The son of a cowman, and one of 12 children, he was one of only two Suffolk-born players in Ipswich's starting line-up that day.
From BBC ● May 18, 2018
“The last of the Great Southwest is fast being developed, turning the cowman back to the west and breaking out the virgin soil for vast wheat farms,” The News reported.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 2, 2015
A John Wayne western used to be as rigidly formalized as a Japanese No drama: sheriff v. badman, farmer v. cowman and all that.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cowman said: “Would god it all came true! You’d see the fight that’s in me!”
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Pressed up against the edge of the Gulf of Mexico in southwest Florida, this city, long home to carnies and cowmen, is best understood as a study in contrast.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2020
Other cowmen adopted barbed wire, using it to fence off private ranches.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2017
In earlier Rodgers and Hammerstein titles, the conflict of “Oklahoma!” was a range war of farmers and cowmen, “Carousel” was about class, and “South Pacific” was about race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
It was a very large gang of cowmen.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 15, 2015
At this time Captain Gunther had arrived on the scene with the 4th Cavalry, and demanded that the cowmen withdraw from the sight as he was going to take that matter into his own hands.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins
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