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cowboy
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: cow (I) + boy
1. : a boy that tends cows
2.
a. : one of a band of loyalist guerillas and irregular cavalry that operated mostly in Westchester county, New York, during the American Revolution — compare skinner 2
b. : an outlaw or gangster in the early days of the United States West
3.
a. : one who tends and drives herds of cattle particularly in western United States and Canada; typically : a distinctively accoutered horseman tending large herds of beef cattle — called also cowpuncher, puncher
b. : a usually mounted cattle ranch hand
c.
(1) : a rodeo rider : a performer who gives exhibitions of roping, riding, bulldogging
(2) : an actor whose usual role is that of a cowboy, a gunman, or adventurer in a western
4. : new bronze
5. : one given to display or to recklessness; especially : an automobile driver who violates rules of safety and law
< a cautious highway cyclist, though; no cowboy stuff — W.L.Gresham >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to drive an automobile recklessly |