Cowhand vs Cowboy - What's the difference?
cowhand | cowboy | Hyponyms |
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
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A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
, title=, chapter=1
, passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
(label) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
A playing card of king rank.
To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
* 1994 , Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
* 1995 , American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
* 2003 , C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo
Cowboy is a hypernym of cowhand.
Cowboy is a hyponym of cowhand.
As nouns the difference between cowhand and cowboy
is that cowhand is one who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West while cowboy is a man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.As a verb cowboy is
to work as a cowboy, herding cattle.cowhand
English
Alternative forms
* cow handNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* cowperson * cowpokeHyponyms
* cowboy * cowgirl English words with consonant pseudo-digraphscowboy
English
Noun
(en noun)Coordinate terms
* cowgirlHypernyms
* cowhand * cowperson * cowpokeSee also
* cattleman * buckarooVerb
(en verb)- Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
- Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
- I still had never ridden or cowboyed , and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.
References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----