A cowboy is a North - or Latin American cowherd or other ranch hand, particularly one who works from horseback, or a rodeo performer; by extension applied elsewhere; many equivalent terms exist in various languages, also in the Americas:

• in card games, especially poker, a king
• In the UK and New Zealand, cowboy often refers to an unscrupulous or unqualified tradesman.
• A type of hat, unusually called a Stetson hat
• During the (American) Revolutionary War, robbers who infested the roads between the American and English forces east of the Hudson River were called cowboys. They pilfered cattle and sometimes other property.

• Cowboys are a common name or mascot for a sports team, particularly in the Western region of the United States, where cowboys have historical significance.

• The Dallas Cowboys are a National Football League team based in Irving, Texas.

• The North Queensland Cowboys are a National Rugby League team based in Townsville, Australia.
• The men's athletic teams at Oklahoma State University - Stillwater are known as the Cowboys; they are an NCAA Division I athletics (I-A for football) team in the Big 12 Conference (South division).
• The men's athletic teams at the University of Wyoming are known as the Cowboys; they are an NCAA Division I athletics (I-A for football) team in the Mountain West Conference.
• The Calgary Cowboys were are short-lived World Hockey Association franchise.

In fiction:

• a Singing cowboy is a Western stock character
• A character of a movie, The Warriors
• Midnight Cowboy, an Academy Award winning motion picture
• A character of a game, The Warriors (video game)

In music:

• Cowboy (band) a blue-eyed southern soul band also known as "Boyer & Talton"
• A single by Kid Rock
• Cowboy Troy a "hick-hop" artist

• See also: C. C. Cowboys.

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