German

Noun

Cowboy m ‎(genitive Cowboys, plural Cowboys)

1. cowboy

Declension

English

Cowboys

Noun

cowboy ‎(plural cowboys)

1. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
   • 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:

     There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”

2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
3. (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
4. (Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
5. (card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.

Related terms

• cowman

Derived terms

• cowboys and Indians
• rhinestone cowboy

Coordinate terms

• cowgirl

Hypernyms

• cowhand
• cowperson
• cowpoke

Translations

See also

• cattleman
• buckaroo

Verb

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

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑu̯boi̯/

Noun

cowboy

1. cowboy (person who attends cattle, especially in the American West)

Declension

Synonyms

• lehmipoika (humorous)
• karjapaimen (person who attends cattle in general)

French

Noun

cowboy m ‎(plural cowboys)

1. Alternative spelling of cow-boy

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English

Noun

cowboy m ‎(definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyer, definite plural cowboyene)

1. a cowboy (most senses)

   cowboyer og indianere - cowboys and Indians

References

• “cowboy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English

Noun

cowboy m ‎(definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyar, definite plural cowboyane)

1. a cowboy (most senses)

   cowboyar og indianarar - cowboys and Indians

References

• “cowboy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

cowboy m ‎(plural cowboys)

1. cowboy

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ̯bɔj/

Noun

cowboy c

1. cowboy

Declension

Usage notes

The plural form could also be cowboys.