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a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
an expert cowman who can round up the livestock in no time
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Recent Examples of cowman
Bella Hadid has returned from playing the starring role in Rodeo and Juliet–a sort of real-life rom-com where an international supermodel falls in love with a simple Texan cowman and realizes there is a life beyond New York, London, Paris and Milan–and is (more importantly) back in capri pants.
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Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 May 2024
McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022
The crowd roared in wonder, then stood again, whooping like farmers and cowmen.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 May 2024
McGuinn’s handshake indicated that, indeed, the farmer and the cowman, or the country traditionalist and the Byrd-man, could be friends.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Jan. 2022
The crowd roared in wonder, then stood again, whooping like farmers and cowmen.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
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“Cowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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