Cowboy

Table of contents

1 Etymology 2 Noun 2.1 Translations 3 Related Words

Etymology

cow + boy

Noun

cowboy

1. a person who tends cattle
2. a person who tends cattle in the US West or Southwest
3. a person from the US West or Southwest
4. a person who dresses like a US cowboy, especially one who wears a cowboy hat
5. a fan of Country-Western music
6. (UK, colloquial) a dishonest and incompetent independent tradesman. A cowboy plumber may collect a large fee in advance, and leave floods and the need for expensive corrective work behind.

Translations

• Finnish: karjapaimen
• Slovak: kraviar m (1), cowboy m (2...)
• Spanish: vaquero m

Related Words

• cowgirl
• cowman