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cowhand

noun

ˈkau̇-ˌhand

Definition of cowhand

as in cowboy

a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range we need to hire a new cowhand to help out

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Recent Examples of cowhand Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026 Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive. — CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026 There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way. — Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported. — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Things are also taking a turn for the worse in Texas, where Runs His Horse successfully tracks down the ranch cowhands that interrupted Pete and Teonna’s tryst. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025 The term Cowboy became widely popular for the trade and subsequently was whitewashed to then exclude Black cowhands from the history books. — Stephanie Tharpe, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024 Houston is also home to the rodeo, the country’s oldest Black trail ride, and Black cowboy culture — in 1800s Texas, one in four cowhands were Black. — Maria Sherman, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024

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cowboy

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Once a staple among cowboys and railroad workers, the Lee 101 became a symbol of youth rebellion in the 1950s, when James Dean popularized the jeans and helped solidify their association with biker culture.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
In the late aughts, the futuristic cowboys of Mexico’s tribal guarachero boom launched superstars like 3BallMTY and Erick Rincón, laying the percussive foundation for Colombia’s guaracha takeover of the following decade and breakouts like Fumaratto.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

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