cowperson
English
Etymology
From cow + person.
Noun
cowperson (plural cowpersons or cowpeople)
- (rare, nonstandard, sometimes humorous) A cowhand of any gender.
- 1996, Coke Newell, Cow Chips Aren't for Dippin': A Guide to Life in the New Wild West, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 80:
- At the same time they turn loose a cowboy/girl/person from an adjacent pen. […] the cowperson jumps off the horse in mid-stride […]
- SPIN
- The pineappled ham thing was just being removed from the bridge-table buffet as I entered, and I am overwhelmed by the sight of a roomful of unusually attired, middle-aged cowpersons swaying to the strains of "Oh Lonesome Me."
- 1996, Coke Newell, Cow Chips Aren't for Dippin': A Guide to Life in the New Wild West, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 80:
Synonyms
- cowhand
- cowpoke
Hyponyms
- cowboy
- cowgirl