cowboy

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.