- cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
--1 is a kind of stockman, stock raiser, stock farmer; ranch hand
--1 has particulars:bronco buster; vaquero, buckaroo, buckeroo; cowgirl; gaucho; horse wrangler, wrangler; roper