different between outlaw vs cowboy

English

Etymology

From Middle English outlawe, outlagh, utla?e, from Old English ?tlaga (“outlaw”), borrowed from Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), equivalent to out- +? law. Cognate with Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tl??/

Noun

outlaw (plural outlaws)

1. A fugitive from the law.
2. (historical) A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty.
3. A person who operates outside established norms.

4. A wild horse.
5. (humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
6. (humorous) One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial.
7. (slang) A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp.
   • 1977, Joseph Julian, Social Problems (page 463)

     Without a pimp, she was an "outlaw," likely to be harassed, or threatened with assault or robbery on the street.

   • 2010, Lawrence Block, Eight Million Ways To Die

     She was an outlaw. Chance is doing some double-checking to see if she had a pimp nobody knew about, but it doesn't look likely.

Synonyms

• (fugitive): absconder, fugitive
• (criminal): bandit, wolfshead
• (person who operates outside established norms): anti-hero, deviant

Hypernyms

• (criminal): See Thesaurus:criminal
• (prostitute): See Thesaurus:prostitute

Translations

Verb

outlaw (third-person singular simple present outlaws, present participle outlawing, simple past and past participle outlawed)

1. To declare illegal.
2. To place a ban upon.
3. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.

4. To deprive of legal force.
   • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England

     our English common law was outlawed in those parts.

See also

• criminalize
• felonize
• misdemeanorize

Translations

Further reading

• outlaw in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• outlaw in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• outlaw at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

cow +? boy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka??b??/

Noun

cowboy (plural cowboys)

1. A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.
2. A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.
3. (informal) A person who engages in reckless behavior, especially for the purpose of showing off.
4. (Britain, informal) A dishonest and/or incompetent independent tradesman.
5. (card games, slang) A playing card of king rank.

Hypernyms

• cowhand
• cowperson
• cowpoke

Coordinate terms

• cowgirl

Derived terms

• cowboys and Indians
• drugstore cowboy
• milk-bar cowboy
• rhinestone cowboy

Related terms

• cowman
• cowherd

Descendants

Translations

See also

• cattleman
• buckaroo

Verb

cowboy (third-person singular simple present cowboys, present participle cowboying, simple past and past participle cowboyed)

1. (intransitive) To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.
   • 1994, Sherry Robinson, El Malpais, Mt. Taylor, and the Zuni Mountains: a hiking guide and history

     Besides cowboying he worked at a small sawmill that cut logs into "four slabs and a tie" and sold ties to the railroad.

   • 1995, American Cowboy (volume 2, number 4, Nov-Dec 1995, page 26)

     Derwood Bailey cowboyed for 50 cents a day, a noon meal, and a gallon of oats for his horse.

   • 2003, C. J. Hadley, Trappings of the Great Basin Buckaroo

     I still had never ridden or cowboyed, and I wanted to learn something about it. I'd been making the damn saddles for years but didn't know how to use them.

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Danish

Etymology

From cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?wb?j/, [?k??w?b??j]

Noun

cowboy c (singular definite cowboyen, plural indefinite cowboys or cowboyer)

1. cowboy

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “cowboy” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?u?.b?i?/
• Hyphenation: cow?boy

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys, diminutive cowboytje n)

1. cowboy

Derived terms

• cowboyhoed
• cowboykapitalisme
• cowboylaars

Finnish

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?u?boi?/, [?k?u?bo?i?]

Noun

cowboy

1. cowboy (person who attends cattle, especially in the American West)

Declension

Synonyms

• lehmipoika (humorous)
• karjapaimen (person who attends cattle in general)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaw.b?j/, /ko.b?j/

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)

1. Alternative spelling of cow-boy

Hungarian

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?uboj]
• Hyphenation: cow?boy
• Rhymes: -oj

Noun

cowboy (plural cowboyok)

1. cowboy

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Noun

cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyer, definite plural cowboyene)

1. a cowboy (most senses)

   cowboyer og indianere - cowboys and Indians

References

• “cowboy” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Noun

cowboy m (definite singular cowboyen, indefinite plural cowboyar, definite plural cowboyane)

1. a cowboy (most senses)

   cowboyar og indianarar - cowboys and Indians

References

• “cowboy” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)

1. Alternative spelling of caubói

Spanish

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Noun

cowboy m (plural cowboys)

1. cowboy

Swedish

Etymology

From English cowboy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka??b?j/

Noun

cowboy c

1. cowboy

Usage notes

The plural form could also be cowboys.

Declension