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A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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cowman
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Cowman may refer to: Cowman (profession) Cowman (surname) Cowboy Ken Shirk or Cowman, an American ultramarathon runner Cowman Publishing Company , publisher of books by Richard C. Halverson Cowman, a sept of Clan Cumming Cowman, Otis the Cow 's alter ego ...
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n. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback [syn: cowboy , cowpuncher , puncher , cattleman , cowpoke , cowhand , cowherd ]
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n. 1 cattle rancher 2 cattleman
Usage examples of cowman.
The credit of Don Lovell was gilt edge, not that he was a wealthy cowman, but the banks and moneyed men of the city recognized his business ability.
Lovell is a cowman who likes to see a fellow take his medicine with a smile.
I had got them to the first divide, when who should ride up but the owner, the old cowman himself--the sure enough big auger.
According to his story, he was a Northern cowman and had purchased the cattle a few days before in Dodge.
As we rode the short distance between the two herds and I mentally reviewed the situation, I could not help but think it was fortunate for the alien outfit that their employer was a Northern cowman instead of a Texan.
The Wyoming cowman spent a restless night, and early the next morning rode to the nearest elevation which would give him a view of his cattle.
He was too good a cowman to interfere with the management of cattle, and the pleasure of his company, when in good humor, was to be desired.
He had lost an arm in the Confederate service, and was recognized by the gambling fraternity as the gamest man among all the trail drovers, while every cowman from the Rio Grande to the Yellowstone knew him as a poker-player.
On arriving at the stable, whom should I meet but the Wyoming cowman who had left us at Grinnell.
Fred went into Powderville last night and will meet us above at the twin buttes this morning with every cowman in town.
Possibly you prefer the blandishments of a lobbyist to the opinion of a practical cowman like Sanders.
In the former instance they had the companionship of the cowman and veteran hunter, while now they could not know whether he was within a half-dozen miles of them.
The moon revealed him clearly, and the cowman approached him with noiseless step.
The cowman obeyed, and they seated themselves still further from Jack Dudley.
A great light flashed upon the cowman, and the questions and answers which fell from his lips during the next few minutes were intended to hide his real purpose.