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cattleman

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who raises or tends cattle, as:

A cattle rancher.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A man who raises or tends cattle, as:

A cowboy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a man who raises (or tends) cattle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cow man, beef man

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stockman, stock raiser, stock farmer

4

noun

Meaning 4

a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ranch hand

Narrower terms: vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo, cowgirl, gaucho, horse wrangler, wrangler, roper

History

Etymology

From cattle + man.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: blegtor — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Albanian: bari — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Bulgarian: говедар (govedar) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Catalan: bover — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牧牛者 (mùniúzhě) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牧牛人 (mùniúrén) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牧場主人 /牧场主人 (mùchǎng zhǔrén) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Finnish: karjanhoitaja — man who raises or tends cattle
  • French: bouvier — man who raises or tends cattle
  • German: Vieherbauer — man who raises or tends cattle
  • German: Viehtender — man who raises or tends cattle
  • German: Chüeni — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Ancient Greek: κτηνοτρόφος (ktēnotróphos) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Italian: offerta dei bestiami — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Japanese: 牛飼い (ushikai) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Latin: pecuārius — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Macedonian: го́ведар (góvedar) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Polish: hodowca bydła — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Russian: скотово́д (skotovód) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Russian: ско́тник (skótnik) — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Scots: kyeman — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Spanish: ganadero — man who raises or tends cattle
  • Ukrainian: скота́р (skotár) — man who raises or tends cattle