Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urban cowboy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: ur-ban -cow-boy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person living in the city who dresses in clothes that suggest a film of the western genre.

noun

Pop-styled country music which became popular during the early 1980s, following the release of the movie Urban Cowboy (1980).

Uncountable

Etymology

From Urban Cowboy, a popular 1980 movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger and featuring several country music performances.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Urban Cowboys (plural)

Synonyms

transwestite

Questions

What does urban cowboy mean?: A person living in the city who dresses in clothes that suggest a film of the western genre.
Where does urban cowboy come from?: From Urban Cowboy, a popular 1980 movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger and featuring several country music performances.

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