noun
- a person who tends cattle on a ranch; a cowboy
Usage: informal
Examples
- The old cowpoke rode his horse across the prairie.
- She grew up wanting to be a cowpoke on her grandfather’s ranch.
- The cowpoke rounded up the cattle before the storm hit.
- Local cowpokes gathered at the saloon after a long day.
- He dressed like a cowpoke with his boots and hat.
- The experienced cowpoke taught the newcomers how to rope cattle.