cow·herd (kou hûrd )n. One who herds or tends cattle. |
cowherd [ˈkaʊˌhɜːd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a person employed to tend cattle
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| Noun | 1. |  cowherd - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horsebackbuckaroo, buckeroo, vaquero - local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) cowgirl - a woman cowboy gaucho - a cowboy of the South American pampas horse wrangler, wrangler - a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses ranch hand - a hired hand on a ranch roper - a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses |
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