Cowboy

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cowboy \Cow"boy`\ (-boi`), n.
     1. A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an
        adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of
        the Western and Southwestern United States.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War
        infested the neutral ground between the American and
        British lines, and committed depredations on the
        Americans.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cowpoke \cowpoke\ n.
     a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
     horseback; -- an informal name for {cowboy}.
  
     Syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowhand,
          cowherd.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cowboy
       n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
            horseback [syn: {cowpuncher}, {puncher}, {cowman}, {cattleman},
             {cowpoke}, {cowhand}, {cowherd}]
       2: a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and
          bulldogging [syn: {rodeo rider}]
       3: someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in
          driving vehicles)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "cowboy":
     broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cattleman, cavalier, cavalryman,
     chevalier, circus rider, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman,
     cowpuncher, drover, equestrian, equestrienne, gaucho, goatherd,
     gooseboy, gooseherd, herder, herdsman, hogherd, horse soldier,
     horse wrangler, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseherd, horseman,
     horsewoman, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, pigman, postboy,
     postilion, puncher, rider, roughrider, sheepherder, sheepman,
     shepherd, shepherdess, steeplechaser, swanherd, swineherd,
     trick rider, vaquero, waddy, wrangler
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  cowboy n. [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] Synonym for
     {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with
     reverence.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  cowboy
       
          [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF]  Synonym
          for {hacker}.  It is reported that at Sun this word is often
          said with reverence.
       
          [{Jargon File}]