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cowman

American  
[kou-muhn] / ˈkaʊ mən /

noun

cowmen plural
  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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The farmer and the cowman are dancing together again in a Broadway revival of Oklahoma!

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

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