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cowhands

noun

plural of cowhand

as in cowboys

a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range we need to hire a new cowhand to help out

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Recent Examples of cowhands There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way. — Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported. — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025

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cowboys

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Despite Villa Domínguez’s nine remaining Jews, the museum remains an important part of the town, tracing the history of Argentinian Jewish ranchers, farmers and the cowboys known as gauchos.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
At the same time, Harris, closer in age to his part than the women, moves and sounds like the old cowboys, with an affecting note of sorrow — the lion dying, and dying with regrets — sounding throughout his performance.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026

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