cowboy

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[edit] English

Cowboys

[edit] Etymology

cow + boy

[edit] Noun

Singular
cowboy

Plural
cowboys

cowboy (plural cowboys)

  1. A person who tends cattle.
  2. A person who tends cattle in the US West or southwest.
  3. A person from the US West or Southwest.
  4. A person who dresses like a US cowboy, especially one who wears a cowboy hat.
  5. A fan of Country-Western music.
  6. (British, informal) A dishonest and incompetent independent tradesman; a cowboy plumber may collect a large fee in advance, and leave floods and the need for expensive corrective work behind.
  7. (slang) A king (the playing card).

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

cowboy

  1. cowboy

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[edit] Swedish

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Inflection for cowboy Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative cowboy cowboyen cowboyer cowboyerna
Genitive cowboys cowboyens cowboyers cowboyernas

cowboy c.

  1. cowboy

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The plural form could also be cowboys.

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