cow-boy

Definitions of cow-boy
  1. noun
    a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
    synonyms: gardien, vacher
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    types:
    vacher
    local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
    cow-girl
    a woman cowboy
    type of:
    employé de ranch
    a hired hand on a ranch
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