Equestrian vs Cowgirl - What's the difference?

equestrian | cowgirl |


As nouns the difference between equestrian and cowgirl

is that equestrian is an equestrian person; a horserider while cowgirl is a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

As an adjective equestrian

is of horseback riding or horseback riders.

As a verb cowgirl is

to work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.

equestrian

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of horseback riding or horseback riders
    • They were an equestrian people.
    After his death an equestrian statue was created.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an equestrian person; a horserider

    • Hyponyms

    * equestrienne

    Derived terms

    * equestrianism

    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.