Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An owner of cattle or a cattle ranch.
- noun A cowherd.
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- noun
cattle rancher - noun
cattleman
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
Etymologies
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Examples
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Let us call the cowman the professional Player-versus-Player PvPer.
September 2007 2007
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Let us call the cowman the professional Player-versus-Player PvPer.
My friend's keeper 2007
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And before any townie asks-the cows were mooing loudly coz the cowman was also watching the Cup final and was late for milking so the cows dangly bits were overfull on September 12, 2008 at 12: 14 pm | Reply MOP452 to Retired Sgt @ 23
IPCC: Mother’s Account Of Shooting Is Inaccurate « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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The experience of the cowman was another illustration of how much depends in this world on what is called chance.
Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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Cowboys did the dangerous horseback work that the "cowman" or owner needed done.
unknown title 2009
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Cowboys did the dangerous horseback work that the "cowman" or owner needed done.
unknown title 2009
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Traffic had to stop and wait while the cowman, wobbling on his bike with a stick in hand, would have to round up the odd cow that tried to make a run for it.
Family life 2012
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With each shelf being the outline of a US state, is actually a work of art with the incredibly long and slightly confusing title of “Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends”.
Storyline Bookshelf 2009
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The cowman name, or the obesity followed by a nickname earned at Fat Camp?
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I'm a cowman and a prospector, but I'm sure tender-footed on water, an 'they don't know punkins.
THE MEAT 2010
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