Cowpuncher

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cowboy informal

    "The miscellaneous setting of horses, dogs, saddles, wagons, guns, and cow-punchers' paraphernalia oppressed the metropolitan eye of the wrecked sportsman."

  2. 2
    a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback wordnet

Example

More examples

"The miscellaneous setting of horses, dogs, saddles, wagons, guns, and cow-punchers' paraphernalia oppressed the metropolitan eye of the wrecked sportsman."

Etymology

From cow + puncher.

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