cowman

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cow·man

 (kou′mən, -măn′)
n.
1. An owner of cattle or a cattle ranch.
2.
a. See cowboy.
b. A cowherd.
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cowman

(ˈkaʊmən)
n, pl -men
1. (Agriculture) Brit another name for cowherd
2. (Agriculture) US and Canadian a man who owns cattle; rancher
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cow•man

(ˈkaʊ mən)

n., pl. -men.
a. a rancher.
b. a cowboy or cowherd.
[1670–80]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cowman - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horsebackcowman - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
buckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero - local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California)
cowgirl - a woman cowboy
gaucho - a cowboy of the South American pampas
horse wrangler, wrangler - a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
ranch hand - a hired hand on a ranch
roper - a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
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Translations

cowman

[ˈkaʊmən] N (cowmen (pl)) → vaquero m; (= owner) → ganadero m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cowman

n pl <-men> (= farm labourer)Stallbursche m; (US: = cattle rancher) → Viehzüchter m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cowman

[ˈkaʊmən] n (-men (pl)) → vaccaro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
Three months later the doughty cowmen confessed he was too much for them and telegraphed his father to come and take the wild man away.
Nigeria, with three points collected from beating Iceland, will focus on holding off those below them when they face the Cowmen. Nigeria needs only one point to reach the knockout stage, regardless of the other game's result.
The quarry was found by sheepmen and cowmen as they drove their animals through the area during the late 19th century.
In "Controlled Recklessness: Ed Lemmon and the Open Range", author, historian, and South Dakota native, Nathan Sanderson explores the motivations that led one of the greatest cowmen on the plains to saddle up time and time again.
Armed, hilarious, vociferous, Armed, hilarious, vociferous, magnanimous, the cowmen and magnanimous, the cowmen and the sheepmen, laying aside their the sheepmen, laying aside their hereditary hatred, joined forces hereditary hatred, joined forces to celebrate the occasion.
Set in 1906, as the territory of Oklahoma is about to become an independent state, the story follows the ups and downs of the courtship of two couples - Curly McLain and Laurey Williams, and Ado Annie Carnes and Will Parker - against a backdrop of rumbling feuds between farmers and cowmen.
Each of these cowmen put up $25,000 and then informed the bank manager that the other $25,000 would be supplied by the Hon.
It was a remarkable event, attended mostly by cowmen and oilmen of Southern persuasion, and hosted by a Yankee college that had put more men, proportionally on the fields of the War Between the States than any other.
The Amul model of cooperatives in Anand, Gujarat helped farmers and cowmen in Gujarat not only in employment but also being a part of an accomplished establishment.