cowboy

noun

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

Similar word(s): cattleman, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher

Definition categories: person

2. a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging

Definition categories: person, performer

3. someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)

Definition categories: person, adventurer, venturer

verb

1. (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.