cowhand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cowhand
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, Leahy worked in his youth as a cowhand, a soda jerk and a clerk in a trading post.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Wearing body cameras, he and brother Clancy Bundy and cowhand Cache Burnside ride hard on horseback roping bulls across the scrubby range, aided by the family dog, Kaylie.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
During her year-long journey, Grace works as a cowhand, domestic servant, con artist and thief.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2017
She’s a boxer, a cowhand, a bronc rider, and unlike most 15-year-olds, she’s pretty sure about the life ahead of her.
From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2015
And though Ag Culture officially disapproved of the whole cowhand system, and talked grimly of setting up new and more efficient methods for training personnel and handling the cattle ranges, nothing was ever done.
From This Crowded Earth by Bloch, Robert
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
