Definition of Cowpuncher

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

Exact synonyms: Cattleman, Cowboy, Cowhand, Cowherd, Cowman, Cowpoke, Puncher
Specialized synonyms: Buckaroo, Buckeroo, Vaquero, Cowgirl, Gaucho, Horse Wrangler, Wrangler, Roper
Generic synonyms: Ranch Hand

Definition of Cowpuncher

1. Noun. (informal) A cowboy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cowpuncher

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowpuncher

cowping
cowplop
cowplops
cowpock
cowpocks
cowpoke
cowpokes
cowpool
cowpooled
cowpooling
cowpools
cowpox
cowpox virus
cowpoxes
cowps
cowpuncher (current term)
cowpunchers
cowpunk
cowquake
cowquakes
cowrie
cowries
cowrite
cowriter
cowriters
cowrites
cowriting
cowritten
cowrote
cowry

Literary usage of Cowpuncher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rawhide Rawlins Stories by Charles Marion Russell (1921)
"I'm talkin' about the old-time ones, before the country's strung with wire 'n nesters had grabbed all the water, 'na cowpuncher's home was big. ..."

2. Daily Paragraph Editing: Student Practice Books by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (2007)
"Pecos Bill was no ordinary cowpuncher. • There is only one man alive who has ever ridden a twister. ..."

3. Historical Readings: An Introduction to the Study of American History by Helen Blanche Bennett, Joseph A. Haniphy (1920)
"As the cowpuncher thus rides out into his great gray harvest SB field he sees no great wealth of horned herds about or before him. It is a big country, ..."

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