English

Alternative forms

• cow-puncher

Noun

cowpuncher ‎(plural cowpunchers)

1. (informal) A cowboy
   • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito

     The miscellaneous setting of horses, dogs, saddles, wagons, guns, and cow-punchers' paraphernalia oppressed the metropolitan eyes of the wrecked sportsman.