A hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback.

synonyms: cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher.

Roget 370: husbandry, taming etc. v.; circuration^†, zoohygiantics^†; domestication, domesticity; manege [Fr.], veterinary art; farriery^†; breeding, pisciculture.    menagerie, vivarium, zoological garden; bear pit; aviary, apiary, alveary^†, beehive; hive; aquarium, fishery; duck pond, fish pond.    phthisozoics etc. (killing) 361^† [Destruction of animals]; euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction.    neatherd^†, cowherd, shepherd; grazier, drover, cowkeeper^†; trainer, breeder; apiarian^†, apiarist; bull whacker [U.S.], cowboy, cow puncher [U.S.], farrier; horse leech, horse doctor; vaquero, veterinarian, vet, veterinary surgeon.    cage etc. (prison) 752; hencoop^†, bird cage, cauf^†; range, sheepfold, etc. (inclosure) 232.    ... show more

Dutch: veedrijver, cowboy
Polish: krowiarz