Cowboy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cowboy	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Cowboy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cowboy n a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback Synonym(s): cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher, cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging Synonym(s): cowboy, rodeo rider someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cowboy \Cow"boy`\ (-boi`), 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.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
cowboy n. [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] Synonym for {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
cowboy [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] Synonym for {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence. [{Jargon File}]