cowboy

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English

Cowboys

Etymology

cow +‎ boy

Noun

cowboy (plural cowboys)

  1. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
  2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
  3. (UK, informal) A dishonest and incompetent independent tradesman.
  4. (slang) A king (the playing card).

Related terms

Verb

to cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)

  1. (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
    • 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
      Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
    • 1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
      Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
    • 2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo
      I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.

References

Finnish

Noun

cowboy

  1. cowboy

Declension

Declension of cowboy (type rosé)
singular plural
nominative cowboy cowboyt
genitive cowboyn cowboyiden
partitive cowboyta cowboyita
accusative cowboy cowboyn cowboyt
inessive cowboyssa cowboyissa
elative cowboysta cowboyista
illative cowboyhin cowboyhyn cowboyihin
adessive cowboylla cowboyilla
ablative cowboylta cowboyilta
allative cowboylle cowboyille
essive cowboyna cowboyina
translative cowboyksi cowboyiksi
instructive – cowboyin
abessive cowboytta cowboyitta
comitative – cowboyineen

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

Declension of cowboy
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cowboy cowboyen cowboyer cowboyerna
genitive cowboys cowboyens cowboyers cowboyernas

cowboy c.

  1. cowboy

Usage notes

The plural form could also be cowboys.

 

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