cowman

C3O1W4M3A1N1

noun

A man involved in a free-range cattle business, in either ownership or hired hand roles.

Similar
cattlemanranchercowhandcowherdcowpersoncowpokecowboyherdsman
OriginMiddle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

cowman1

nouncowman (plural cowmen)

plural cowmen

  1. A man involved in a free-range cattle business, in either ownership or hired hand roles.

    Synonyms: cattleman, rancher, cowhand, cowherd, cowperson, cowpoke, cowboy

  2. A man involved in a dairy cattle or feedlot cattle business.

    […] my cowman, who was George's successor at Road Farm […]

    1961, Adrian Bell, My Own Master, Faber and Faber, page 237
    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: herdsman, cowhand, cowherd, cowkeeper

Cowman2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA man involved in a free-range cattle business, in either ownership or hired hand roles.

Similar
cattlemanranchercowhandcowherdcowpersoncowpokecowboy

nounA man involved in a dairy cattle or feedlot cattle business.

Similar
herdsmancowhandcowherdcowkeeper

More synonyms by meaning

nouna male hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

Similar
cowboycattleman
Broader
manadult malecowpuncherpunchercowpoke
Also see
cattlemancowboy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Germanic*kōz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kō
  4. Old Englishcū
  5. Middle Englishcow
  6. Englishcow
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  8. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  9. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  10. Old Englishmann
  11. Middle Englishman
  12. Englishcowman

From cow + -man.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

cowman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowman

MLA

“cowman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowman. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cowman,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cowman.

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