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.
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.
cowboys were from Mexico and north of the U.S.A.