Cowboy

n.	1.	A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.
	2.	One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.

Noun	1.	cowboy - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback Synonyms: cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher, cattleman
	2.	cowboy - a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging Synonyms: rodeo rider
	3.	cowboy - someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)

cowboy - [Sun, from William Gibson's cyberpunk SF] Synonym for hacker. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence.

To see or dream that you are a cowboy, symbolizes masculinity, ruggedness, and toughness.broncobuster, buckaroo, caballero, cattleman, cavalier, cavalryman, chevalier, circus rider, cowgirl, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher, drover, equestrian, equestrienne, gaucho, goatherd, gooseboy, gooseherd, herder, herdsman, hogherd, horse soldier, horse wrangler, horseback rider, horsebacker, horseherd, horseman, horsewoman, jockey, knight, mounted policeman, pigman, postboy, postilion, puncher, rider, roughrider, sheepherder, sheepman, shepherd, shepherdess, steeplechaser, swanherd, swineherd, trick rider, vaquero, waddy, wrangler