Cowgirl vs Cowherd - What's the difference?

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Cowgirl is a related term of cowherd.


As nouns the difference between cowgirl and cowherd

is that cowgirl is a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the american west while cowherd is a person who herds cattle; a cowboy.

As a verb cowgirl

is (rare|intransitive) to work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.

cowgirl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
  • a woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
  • a playing card of queen rank.
  • A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.

    • Synonyms

    * (sex position) woman-on-top

    Coordinate terms

    * cowboy

    Hypernyms

    * cowhand * cowperson * cowpoke

    References

    * {{reference-book , year = 2000 , last = Weisenberg , first = Michael , url = http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp , title = The Official Dictionary of Poker , publisher = MGI/Mike Caro University , isbn = 978-1880069523}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) 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.

    cowherd

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who herds cattle; a cowboy.

    • Related terms

    * bearherd * cow * cowboy * cowgirl * cowman * cowperson * cowpoke * cowwoman, cow-woman * goatherd * gooseherd * herd * herder * herding dog * herd instinct * herdsman * Herdsman (the constellation ) * herdswoman * neatherd * hogherd * horseherd * oxherd * swanherd * swineherd

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