cowhand
English
Alternative forms
- cow hand
Etymology
From cow + hand, or perhaps blend of cowboy + farmhand.
Noun
cowhand (plural cowhands)
- One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
- 1886 April, Roosevelt, Theodore, “Ranch Life and Game Shooting in the West”, in Outing, volume 8, number 1, page 3:
- Though a first rate cow hand he very shortly proved himself to be wholly incapable of acting as head.
- 1936, Mercer, Johnny (music), “I'm an Old Cowhand (from the Rio Grande)”:
- I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande / but my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan […]
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Synonyms
- cowperson
- cowpoke
Hyponyms
- cowboy
- cowgirl