cowgirl

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US/ˈkaʊˌɡɝl/

noun

A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

Similar
dudessdudettewoman-on-top
Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

nouncowgirl (plural cowgirls)

plural cowgirls

  1. A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

    Synonyms: dudess, dudette

  2. A woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
  3. slangcard gamesA playing card of queen rank.
verbcowgirl (third-person singular simple present cowgirls, present participle cowgirling, simple past and past participle cowgirled)

present singular third person cowgirls · participle present cowgirling · participle past cowgirled · past cowgirled

  1. intransitiverareTo work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.

    She also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work.

    1998, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, Nancy Curtis, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West
    1 more example

    Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling, helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort.

    2007, American Cowboy (volume 13, number 5, Jan-Feb 2007, page 56)
  2. raretransitiveTo mount someone and have sexual intercourse in the cowgirl position.

    Once recovered I cowgirled him to a torturously slow climax, having him begging for release as I took him to the edge […]

    2016, Angela Goodnight, My Life, My Loves: True, Explicit Autobiography

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

Similar
woman-on-top

Origin

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 女牛仔
  • 女牛仔 (nǚniúzǎi)A woman who tends free-range cattle
Esperanto vakerino
  • vakerinoA woman who tends free-range cattle
Finnish lehmityttö
  • lehmityttöA woman who tends free-range cattle
French vachère, cow-girl
  • vachèreA woman who tends free-range cattle
  • cow-girlA woman who tends free-range cattle
German Kuhhirtin, Cowgirl
  • KuhhirtinA woman who tends free-range cattle
  • CowgirlA woman who tends free-range cattle
Italian mandriana
  • mandrianaA woman who tends free-range cattle
Japanese カウガール
  • カウガール (kaugāru)A woman who tends free-range cattle
Korean 카우걸
  • 카우걸 (kaugeol)A woman who tends free-range cattle
Polish kowbojka
  • kowbojkaA woman who tends free-range cattle
Portuguese vaqueira
  • vaqueiraA woman who tends free-range cattle
Romanian văcăriță, văcăreasă
  • văcărițăA woman who tends free-range cattle
  • văcăreasăA woman who tends free-range cattle
Russian ско́тница, пасту́шка
  • ско́тница (skótnica)A woman who tends free-range cattle
  • пасту́шка (pastúška)A woman who tends free-range cattle
Spanish vaquera
  • vaqueraA woman who tends free-range cattle
Ukrainian корівни́ця
  • корівни́ця (korivnýcja)A woman who tends free-range cattle
Cite this entry
APA

cowgirl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowgirl

MLA

“cowgirl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowgirl. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowgirl,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowgirl.

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