Noun

(en noun)

One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

* {{quote-magazine

, year = 1886 , month = April , volume = 8 , issue = 1 , title = Ranch Life and Game Shooting in the West , first = Theodore , last = Roosevelt , authorlink = Theodore Roosevelt , magazine = Outing , page = 3 , pageurl = http://http://books.google.com/books?id=0ulYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 , passage = Though a first rate cow hand he very shortly proved himself to be wholly incapable of acting as head. }}

* {{quote-song

, year = 1936 , title = , composer = , url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFS6UXi4DB4 , passage = I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande / but my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan }}