Puncher

3 definitions found

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

  Puncher \Punch"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, punches.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  puncher
       n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
            horseback [syn: {cowboy}, {cowpuncher}, {cowman}, {cattleman},
             {cowpoke}, {cowhand}, {cowherd}]
       2: someone who delivers punches
       3: a tool for making (usually circular) holes [syn: {punch}]

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

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "puncher":
     broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cattleman, cavalier, cavalryman,
     chevalier, circus rider, cowboy, 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, rider, roughrider, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd,
     shepherdess, steeplechaser, swanherd, swineherd, trick rider,
     vaquero, waddy, wrangler