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cowperson

cowperson noun: a cowhand.

Noun

cowperson (plural cowpersons or cowpeople)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard, rare, sometimes) A cowhand.
    • The pineappled ham thing was just being removed from the bridge-table buffet as I entered, and I am overwhelmed by the sight of a roomful of unusually attired, middle-aged cowpersons swaying to the strains of "Oh Lonesome Me."1991, “EMPTY”, in SPIN
    • At the same time they turn loose a cowboy/girl/person from an adjacent pen. […] the cowperson jumps off the horse in mid-stride […]1996, Coke Newell, Cow Chips Aren't for Dippin': A Guide to Life in the New Wild West, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 80
    Synonyms:
    cowpoke

cowperson meaning in Bengali

cowperson in Bengali

একজন রাখাল

Synonyms of cowperson

Forms of cowperson

pluralcowpersons
pluralcowpeople

Origin of cowperson

From cow + person.

Questions about cowperson

What does cowperson mean?
Cowperson means a cowhand.
What is cowperson in Bengali?
Cowperson in Bengali is একজন রাখাল. See Cowperson meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is cowperson?
Cowperson is a noun.
What is the plural of cowperson?
The plural of cowperson is cowpersons.

Words near cowperson in the dictionary

  1. Cowper's gland
  2. Cowper's glands
  3. Cowperian
  4. cowperitis
  5. cowpers
  6. cowperson
  7. cowpersons
  8. cowpie
  9. cowpies
  10. cowpilot
  11. cowpilots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowperson (page history and authors); cowperson (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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