Cowgirl

Origin

cow + girl

Full definition of cowgirl

Noun

1. a woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
2. a woman who identifies with cowboy culture, including clothing such as the cowboy hat.
3. (card games slang) a playing card of queen rank.
4. A sex position where the woman is on top; cowgirl position.

Coordinate terms

• cowboy

Hypernyms

• cowhand
• cowperson
• cowpoke

Verb

1. (rare, intransitive) To work as a cowgirl, herding cattle.
• 1998, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, Nancy Curtis, Leaning Into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the WestShe also cowgirled and hired out to do ranch and timber work.
• 2007, American Cowboy (volume 13, number 5, Jan-Feb 2007, page 56)Only 250 miles down the road a reclusive beauty named Joann Brebner was living the bucolic life, cowgirling, helping out at her family's remote ranch-based resort.