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Cowpoke vs Cowgirl - What's the difference?

cowpoke | cowgirl | Hyponyms |

Cowgirl is a hyponym of cowpoke.

Cowgirl is a hypernym of cowpoke.



As nouns the difference between cowpoke and cowgirl

is that cowpoke is a cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle while cowgirl is a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

As a verb cowgirl is

to work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.

cowpoke

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
  • (US, dated) A device used in 19th century, some of which were patented or farm made and used around the neck of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came in contact with the fence.

    • Synonyms

    * (person) cowhand, cowperson

    Hyponyms

    * (person) cowboy, cowgirl

    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.