Dictionary

cowman en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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.

Meanings

1. A man involved in a free-range cattle business, in either ownership or hired hand roles.
2. A man involved in a dairy cattle or feedlot cattle business.
   • One cousin was rich and had a beautiful estate; the other was poor and was overseer and cowman for his cousin. 1944, Emily Carr, “The Cousins' Bobtails”, in The House of All Sorts:
   • […] my cowman, who was George's successor at Road Farm […] 1961, Adrian Bell, My Own Master, Faber and Faber, page 237:

Forms

Coordinates

cowgirl

Deriveds

cowmanship

Synonyms

cowherd · herdsman · cowboy · cattleman · cowherd · rancher · cowpoke · cowperson · cowhand · cowkeeper · cowhand