cAUSE cowboys used to round cattle plus its sometimes a saying. While it is true that cowboys roundup and work cattle there is also a place in a pecking order that the cowboy fits into. The Cattle...
cowboy translated to spanish = 1 vaquero2. gaucho3. llanero
It was originally because they would rangle up the cows.
cowboys were from Mexico and north of the U.S.A.
Calling someone a cowboy in 1870 meant that he was intimate with cows. The correct term is wrangler, one who took care of cattle and horses.