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Outlaw vs Cowboy - What's the difference?

outlaw | cowboy |

As nouns the difference between outlaw and cowboy

is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while cowboy is a man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

As verbs the difference between outlaw and cowboy

is that outlaw is to declare illegal while cowboy is to work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

outlaw

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fugitive from the law.
  • A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
  • A person who operates outside established norms.
    • The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
  • A wild horse.
  • (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.

    • Synonyms

    * (person that operates outside established norms) anti-hero

    Verb

    (outlaw)
  • To declare illegal
  • To place a ban upon
  • To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
    • to outlaw a debt or claim
  • To deprive of legal force.
    • Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.

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    cowboy

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * cowman

    Coordinate terms

    * cowgirl

    Hypernyms

    * cowhand * cowperson * cowpoke

    See also

    * cattleman * buckaroo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
  • * 1994 , Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
    • Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
  • * 1995 , American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
    • Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
  • * 2003 , C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo
    • 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 ----