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cow·boy (ko̵u′bo̵i′)

noun

  1. ☆ a ranch worker who rides horseback much of the time on his job of herding and tending cattle
  2. ☆ a performer in a rodeo or Wild West show
  3. ☆ a conventionalized character in novels, motion pictures, etc., typically an adventurous Westerner who rides horseback and carries pistols
  4. ☆ Informal a man regarded variously as being bold, daring, independent, etc. or brash, reckless, out of control, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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