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cow⋅man

[kou-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
1. Western U.S.
a. a person who owns cattle; rancher.
b. a cowboy or cowherd.
2. British. a farmworker who tends cows.

Origin:
1670–80; cow 1 + man 1
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cow·man   (kou'mən, -mān')   
n.  
  1. An owner of cattle or a cattle ranch.

    1. See cowboy.

    2. A cowherd.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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