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trail man

American  

noun

  1. a cowboy on horseback who helps in driving a cattle herd.


Etymology

Origin of trail man

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

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Beniers then dropped the puck to trail man Vince Dunn, who calmly slipped it back to Beniers for a one-timed shot from the right circle that Nashville goalie Juuse Saros had no chance on.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023

It could have been worse had Jones not made a point-bank, final minute save off trail man Nurse on what had become a 4-on-1 break off a turnover at the opposing blue line.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

Since childhood, he has been an evangel of one kind or another, and now he is taking his sermons down the longest sawdust trail man has ever devised.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Oh, I was figuring on paying you wages," countered the trail man, now aware of their necessity, "and I suppose you could use a quarter of beef."

From Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings by Adams, Andy

No power can avail, man, To drive him from the trail, man; The patent drugs for sale man, Can never cure.

From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by MacKay, Angus