"cowpoke" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-cowpoke.ogg [Australia] Forms: cowpokes [plural]
Etymology: cow + poke Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cow|poke}} cow + poke Head templates: {{en-noun}} cowpoke (plural cowpokes)
  1. (US, slang) A cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle) Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-cowpoke-en-noun-uJr0gHdj Disambiguation of Occupations: 55 45 Disambiguation of People: 64 36 Categories (other): American English
  2. (US, dated) A 19th-century device used around the necks of cows and other livestock to prevent them from challenging fencing. The action of the device was to poke the cow when the device came into contact with the fence. Tags: US, dated Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-cowpoke-en-noun-oagbg7SA Disambiguation of Occupations: 55 45 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cowhand [person], cowperson [person], cow-puncher [person] Hyponyms: cowboy [person], cowgirl [person]

Inflected forms

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