cowboy
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy (plural cowboys)
- A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys 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 […].”
- A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
- (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
- (Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
- (card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.
Hypernyms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: cowboy
- → Dutch: cowboy
- → Finnish: cowboy
- → French: cow-boy, cowboy (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Cowboy
- → Hungarian: cowboy
- → Japanese: カウボーイ (kaubōi)
- → Khmer: ខោវប៊យ (khaowbɔɔy), ខូវប៊ (khəwbɔɔ)
- → Korean: 카우보이 (kauboi)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: cowboy
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: cowboy
- → Polish: kowboj
- → Portuguese: caubói, cowboy
- → Russian: ковбо́й (kovbój) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kàuboj, ка̀убој
- → Spanish: cowboy
- → Swedish: cowboy
- → Thai: คาวบอย (kaao-bɔɔi)
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Verb[edit]
cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)
- (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
- 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
- Besides cowboying 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 Bailey cowboyed 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 or cowboyed, 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.
- 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history
References[edit]
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cowboy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy c (singular definite cowboyen, plural indefinite cowboys or cowboyer)
Inflection[edit]
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | cowboy | cowboyen | cowboys cowboyer |
cowboyerne |
genitive | cowboys | cowboyens | cowboys' cowboyers |
cowboyernes |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cowboy” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy m (plural cowboys, diminutive cowboytje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy
- cowboy (person who attends cattle, especially in the American West)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of cowboy (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | cowboy | cowboyt | |
genitive | cowboyn | cowboyiden cowboyitten | |
partitive | cowboyta | cowboyita | |
illative | cowboyhin cowboyhyn |
cowboyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | cowboy | cowboyt | |
accusative | nom. | cowboy | cowboyt |
gen. | cowboyn | ||
genitive | cowboyn | cowboyiden cowboyitten | |
partitive | cowboyta | cowboyita | |
inessive | cowboyssa | cowboyissa | |
elative | cowboysta | cowboyista | |
illative | cowboyhin cowboyhyn |
cowboyihin | |
adessive | cowboylla | cowboyilla | |
ablative | cowboylta | cowboyilta | |
allative | cowboylle | cowboyille | |
essive | cowboyna | cowboyina | |
translative | cowboyksi | cowboyiksi | |
instructive | — | cowboyin | |
abessive | cowboytta | cowboyitta | |
comitative | — | cowboyineen |
Possessive forms of cowboy (type rosé) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | cowboyni | cowboymme |
2nd person | cowboysi | cowboynne |
3rd person | cowboynsa |
Synonyms[edit]
- lehmipoika (humorous)
- karjapaimen (person who attends cattle in general)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy m (plural cowboys)
- Alternative spelling of cow-boy
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy (plural cowboyok)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | cowboy | cowboyok |
accusative | cowboyt | cowboyokat |
dative | cowboynak | cowboyoknak |
instrumental | cowboyjal | cowboyokkal |
causal-final | cowboyért | cowboyokért |
translative | cowboyjá | cowboyokká |
terminative | cowboyig | cowboyokig |
essive-formal | cowboyként | cowboyokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | cowboyban | cowboyokban |
superessive | cowboyon | cowboyokon |
adessive | cowboynál | cowboyoknál |
illative | cowboyba | cowboyokba |
sublative | cowboyra | cowboyokra |
allative | cowboyhoz | cowboyokhoz |
elative | cowboyból | cowboyokból |
delative | cowboyról | cowboyokról |
ablative | cowboytól | cowboyoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
cowboyé | cowboyoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
cowboyéi | cowboyokéi |
Possessive forms of cowboy | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | cowboyom | cowboyaim |
2nd person sing. | cowboyod | cowboyaid |
3rd person sing. | cowboya | cowboyai |
1st person plural | cowboyunk | cowboyaink |
2nd person plural | cowboyotok | cowboyaitok |
3rd person plural | cowboyuk | cowboyaik |
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyer, definite plural cowboyene)
- a cowboy (most senses)
- cowboyer og indianere - cowboys and Indians
References[edit]
- “cowboy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyar, definite plural cowboyane)
- a cowboy (most senses)
- cowboyar og indianarar - cowboys and Indians
References[edit]
- “cowboy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy
Noun[edit]
cowboy m (plural cowboys)
- Alternative spelling of caubói
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.
Noun[edit]
cowboy m (plural cowboy)
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English cowboy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy m (plural cowboys)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cowboy c
Usage notes[edit]
The plural form could also be cowboys.
Declension[edit]
Declension of cowboy | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | cowboy | cowboyen | cowboyer | cowboyerna |
Genitive | cowboys | cowboyens | cowboyers | cowboyernas |
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