English

Mildred Douglas, world champion lady bronco buster (1918)

Noun

cowgirl ‎(plural cowgirls)

1. A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
2. A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
3. (card games, slang) A playing card of queen rank.
4. A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.

Synonyms

• (woman tending cattle): dudess (dated), dudette
• (sex position): woman-on-top

Translations

Coordinate terms

• cowboy

Hypernyms

• cowhand
• cowperson
• cowpoke

References

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

Verb

cowgirl ‎(third-person singular simple present cowgirls, present participle cowgirling, simple past and past participle cowgirled)

1. (rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
   • 1998, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, Nancy Curtis, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West

     She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work.

   • 2007, American Cowboy (volume 13, number 5, Jan-Feb 2007, page 56)

     Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling, helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort.

2. (rare, transitive) To mount someone and have sexual intercourse.
   • 2016, Angela Goodnight, My Life, My Loves: True, Explicit Autobiography

     Once recovered I cowgirled him to a torturously slow climax, having him begging for release as I took him to the edge […]