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What is the noun for cowboy?

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cowboy
  1. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
  2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
  3. (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
  4. (Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
  5. (card game) A playing card of king rank.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “I live the life of a cowboy, herding the cattle and working the land.”
      “I believe an intervention will be required to inform Stephanie that her lawyer is a complete cowboy.”
      “He's a cowboy with an ego and a lack of self-awareness. Not a great combination.”
cowboys
  1. plural of cowboy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In the 1880s, as cattle herds spread onto northern ranges, cowboys and cattlemen congregated in Cheyenne.”
      “Next morning, I joined a walking ride and the cowboys, or wranglers, as they call them here, gave me a very docile horse.”
      “In the later nineteenth century, a changing economy fostered songs and stories of cowboys, lumberjacks, miners, oil drillers, and railroaders.”
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