name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cowman
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: K AW1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A man involved in a free-range cattle business, in either ownership or hired hand roles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cattleman, rancher, cowhand, cowherd, cowperson, cowpoke, cowboy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A man involved in a dairy cattle or feedlot cattle business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: herdsman, cowhand, cowherd, cowkeeper
Antonyms: none provided
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, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ranch hand
Narrower terms: vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo, cowgirl, gaucho, horse wrangler, wrangler, roper
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwṓws Proto-Germanic *kōz Proto-West Germanic *kō Old English cū Middle English cow English cow Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English cowman From cow + -man.