as in cowboy
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
an expert cowman who can round up the livestock in no time
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Recent Examples of cowman
The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.
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Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2022
The crowd roared in wonder, then stood again, whooping like farmers and cowmen.
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Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2019
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.
—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2022
The crowd roared in wonder, then stood again, whooping like farmers and cowmen.
—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
17 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cowman
cowboy
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The aim is the same the world over, but this rodeo is in Australia, where cattle stations dwarf even those in the United States, creating a familiar yet distinct cowboy culture.
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Top-name cowboys competed in the three days of bronc riding, bull dogging, bull riding and calf riding.
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“Cowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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