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cowman

American  
[kou-muhn] / ˈkaʊ mən /

noun

plural

cowmen

  1. Western U.S.

    1. a person who owns cattle; rancher.

    2. a cowboy or cowherd.

  2. British. a farmworker who tends cows.

cowman British  
/ ˈkaʊmən /

noun

  1. another name for cowherd

  2. a man who owns cattle; rancher

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Etymology

Origin of cowman

First recorded in 1670–80; cow 1 + man

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

Your Stetson an' boots is the badge of a cowman ...

From Time Magazine Archive

There were several massive shire-horses for pulling the ploughs and the hay-wagons, and there was a ploughman and a cowman and a couple of gardeners and all manner of servants in the house itself.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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