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cowhands

cowhands is the plural of cowhand.

Meaning of cowhand

Noun

cowhand (plural cowhands)

  1. One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
    • Though a first rate cow hand he very shortly proved himself to be wholly incapable of acting as head.1886 April, Theodore Roosevelt, “Ranch Life and Game Shooting in the West”, in Outing, volume 8, number 1, page 3
  2. Cowman or herdsman, especially to a dairy cattle herd.

Questions about cowhands

What is cowhands the plural of?
Cowhands is the plural of cowhand.

Words near cowhands in the dictionary

  1. cowgrass
  2. cowgrasses
  3. cowha
  4. cowhage
  5. cowhand
  6. cowhands
  7. cowheard
  8. cowheards
  9. cowhearted
  10. cowheel
  11. cowheels

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