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cowboy

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See also:Cowboyandcow-boy

English

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Twocowboys.

Etymology

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PIE word
*gʷṓws

Fromcow +‎boy. More onWikipedia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cowboy (countable anduncountable,pluralcowboys)

  1. A man who tendsfree-rangecattle, especially in the American West.
    • 1899,Stephen Crane, chapter 1, inTwelve O'Clock:
      There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits ofcowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
  2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing acowboy hat and being a fan ofcountry and western music.
  3. (informal) A person who engages inreckless behavior, especially for the purpose ofshowing off.
  4. (British, New Zealand, informal) Adishonest orincompetentindependenttradesman.
  5. (card games, slang) Aplaying card ofkingrank.
  6. (uncountable)Ellipsis ofcowboy pool.

Hypernyms

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Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Related terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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person who tends cattle
man who identifies with cowboy culture
a dishonest and incompetent worker
one who engages in reckless behavior

See also

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Verb

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cowboy (third-person singular simple presentcowboys,present participlecowboying,simple past and past participlecowboyed)

  1. (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
    • 1994, Sherry Robinson,El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history:
      Besidescowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.
    • 1995,American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)
      Derwood Baileycowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.
    • 2003, C. J. Hadley,Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo:
      I still had never ridden orcowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.

References

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Basque

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Etymology

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FromEnglishcowboy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cowboy anim

  1. cowboy
    Synonyms:unai,behizain

Declension

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Declension ofcowboy(anim V-stem1)
indefinitesingularpluralproximal plural
absolutivecowboycowboyacowboyakcowboyok
ergativecowboykcowboyakcowboyekcowboyok
dativecowboyricowboyaricowboyeicowboyoi
genitivecowboyrencowboyarencowboyencowboyon
comitativecowboyrekincowboyarekincowboyekincowboyokin
causativecowboyrengatikcowboyarengatikcowboyengatikcowboyongatik
benefactivecowboyrentzatcowboyarentzatcowboyentzatcowboyontzat
instrumentalcowboyzcowboyazcowboyezcowboyotaz
innesivecowboyrengancowboyarengancowboyengancowboyongan
locative
allativecowboyrenganacowboyarenganacowboyenganacowboyongana
terminativecowboyrenganainocowboyarenganainocowboyenganainocowboyonganaino
directivecowboyrenganantzcowboyarenganantzcowboyenganantzcowboyonganantz
destinativecowboyrenganakocowboyarenganakocowboyenganakocowboyonganako
ablativecowboyrengandikcowboyarengandikcowboyengandikcowboyongandik
partitivecowboyrik
prolativecowboytzat

1. Optionally, case suffixes can be separated from the root with a hyphen.

Further reading

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  • cowboy”, inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque),Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Danish

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Etymology

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Fromcowboy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔwbɔj/,[ˈkʰɒwˌb̥ʌj]

Noun

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cowboy c (singular definitecowboyen,plural indefinitecowboysorcowboyer)

  1. cowboy

Declension

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Declension ofcowboy
common
gender
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativecowboycowboyencowboys
cowboyer
cowboyerne
genitivecowboyscowboyenscowboys'
cowboyers
cowboyernes

Derived terms

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References

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishcowboy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑu̯.bɔi̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation:cow‧boy

Noun

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cowboy m (pluralcowboys,diminutivecowboytje n)

  1. cowboy

Derived terms

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcowboy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cowboy

  1. cowboy(person who attends cattle, especially in the American West)

Declension

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Inflection ofcowboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominativecowboycowboyt
genitivecowboyncowboyiden
cowboyitten
partitivecowboytacowboyita
illativecowboyhin
cowboyhyn
cowboyihin
singularplural
nominativecowboycowboyt
accusativenom.cowboycowboyt
gen.cowboyn
genitivecowboyncowboyiden
cowboyitten
partitivecowboytacowboyita
inessivecowboyssacowboyissa
elativecowboystacowboyista
illativecowboyhin
cowboyhyn
cowboyihin
adessivecowboyllacowboyilla
ablativecowboyltacowboyilta
allativecowboyllecowboyille
essivecowboynacowboyina
translativecowboyksicowboyiksi
abessivecowboyttacowboyitta
instructivecowboyin
comitativeSee the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms ofcowboy(Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cowboy m (pluralcowboys,femininecowgirl)

  1. (rare)post-1990 spelling ofcow-boy

Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcowboy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkovboj],[ˈkɒuboj][1]
  • Hyphenation:cow‧boy
  • Rhymes:-oj

Noun

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cowboy (pluralcowboyok)

  1. cowboy

Declension

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Inflection (stem in-o-, back harmony)
singularplural
nominativecowboycowboyok
accusativecowboytcowboyokat
dativecowboynakcowboyoknak
instrumentalcowboyjalcowboyokkal
causal-finalcowboyértcowboyokért
translativecowboyjácowboyokká
terminativecowboyigcowboyokig
essive-formalcowboykéntcowboyokként
essive-modal
inessivecowboybancowboyokban
superessivecowboyoncowboyokon
adessivecowboynálcowboyoknál
illativecowboybacowboyokba
sublativecowboyracowboyokra
allativecowboyhozcowboyokhoz
elativecowboybólcowboyokból
delativecowboyrólcowboyokról
ablativecowboytólcowboyoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
cowboyécowboyoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
cowboyéicowboyokéi
Possessive forms ofcowboy
possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
1st person sing.cowboyomcowboyaim
2nd person sing.cowboyodcowboyaid
3rd person sing.cowboyacowboyai
1st person pluralcowboyunkcowboyaink
2nd person pluralcowboyotokcowboyaitok
3rd person pluralcowboyukcowboyaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^Laczkó, Krisztina with Attila Mártonfi (2006),Helyesírás [Orthography], Budapest: Osiris Kiadó,→ISBN, page560

Further reading

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  • cowboy in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).

Norwegian Bokmål

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NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediano

Etymology

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FromEnglishcowboy.

Noun

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cowboy m (definite singularcowboyen,indefinite pluralcowboyer,definite pluralcowboyene)

  1. acowboy(most senses)
    cowboyer og indianerecowboys and Indians

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromEnglishcowboy.

Noun

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cowboy m (definite singularcowboyen,indefinite pluralcowboyar,definite pluralcowboyane)

  1. acowboy(most senses)
    cowboyar og indianararcowboys and Indians

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcowboy.

Noun

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cowboy m (pluralcowboys)

  1. alternative spelling ofcaubói /cobói

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcowboy.

Noun

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cowboy m (pluralcowboy)

  1. cowboy

Declension

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singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativecowboycowboyulcowboycowboyi
genitive-dativecowboycowboyuluicowboycowboylor
vocativecowboyulecowboylor

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcowboy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cowboy m (pluralcowboys)

  1. cowboy

Usage notes

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According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

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SwedishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediasv
en cowboy

Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishcowboy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cowboy c

  1. acowboy
    Synonyms:(humorous)cowboysare,(humorous)kobojsare

Declension

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Declension ofcowboy
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitecowboycowboys
definitecowboyencowboyens
pluralindefinitecowboys,cowboyercowboys,cowboyers
definitecowboyernacowboyernas

Derived terms

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References

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