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View synonyms for cowhand

cowhand

[ kou-hand ]

noun

  1. a person employed on a cattle ranch; cowboy or cowgirl.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cowhand1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; cow 1 + hand

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Example Sentences

He gave up drinking thereafter and went to work for the "Three Seven" outfit as an ordinary cowhand.

Yuh sure it wasn't that cowhand called Yuma that put yuh up tuh findin' out what my intentions was regardin' Mort?

Harry Collins, advertising copywriter, had become Harry Sanders, working cowhand.

Presently the dark-faced cowhand appeared in the gathering dawn.

Well, what do you think of your first experience as a cowhand?

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