noun. A cowboy or cowgirl.

noun. One who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

noun. a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback

"A cowhand is the most overworked and underpaid saphead that ever lost three nights 'sleep hand running and worked seventy-two hours on end; sleep in the rain or not at all -- to hold a job at forty per for six months in the year."