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cowhunter

cowhunter noun: someone from Florida who tends free-range cattle.

Noun

cowhunter (plural cowhunters)

  1. Someone from Florida who tends free-range cattle.
    • The early morning fog lifted and one thousand head of cracker cattle herded by Florida cowhunters thundered across Highway 192 into Kissimmee’s Silver Spurs Arena, followed by hundreds of cowboys, cowgirls and cowchildren on horseback, buggies, covered wagons and conveyances of every description.1996 spring, Florida Heritage, volume 4, number 2, page 4
    • Without Amaly near to correct him, Treff slipped into the easy vernacular of a Cracker cowhunter.1998, Herb Chapman, Muncy Chapman, Wiregrass Country: A Florida Pioneer Story, Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 190

Forms of cowhunter

pluralcowhunters

Questions about cowhunter

What does cowhunter mean?
Cowhunter means someone from Florida who tends free-range cattle.
What part of speech is cowhunter?
Cowhunter is a noun.
What is the plural of cowhunter?
The plural of cowhunter is cowhunters.

Words near cowhunter in the dictionary

  1. cowhidings
  2. cowhorse
  3. cowhorses
  4. cowhouse
  5. cowhouses
  6. cowhunter
  7. cowhunters
  8. Cowichan
  9. Cowichan Valley
  10. Cowichans
  11. cowie

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