stockrider

English

Etymology

From stock +‎ rider.

Noun

stockrider (plural stockriders)

1. A cowboy.
   • 1907? Harold Bindloss, The Mistress of Bonaventure, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, [1]

     There is a similarity between the very old and the very new, and ancient poets perhaps best portray the primitive, sometimes heroic, life of effort the modern stockrider and plowman lead on the prairie.

   • 1912, Robert B. Booth, Five Years in New Zealand‎^[2], London: J.G. Hammond & Co:

     A stockrider's life is perhaps of all occupations the most enjoyable, and there is just that element of risk connected with it that increases its fascination, but to make it intelligible to the reader, a sketch of the working and management of a cattle station will be necessary.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia‎^[3], page 68:

     He would take to the saddle as soon as possible and work with native stockriders as one of them till he became a man, when, should he prove to be more intelligent, or rather, perhaps, more selfish and purposeful, than a native, he would be made a foreman.