cowboy/cowgirl

cowhand, cowpuncher, ranch hand, hand, rancher, herder, cowpoke, wrangler, range rider, drover, buckaroo, rodeo rider/roper, cowgirl and cowboy (in some contexts). Although some of the terms in the list have a masculine flavor, there is nothing to contravene their being used for girls/women. "While the cowboy is our favorite American hero—the quintessential man—most of us see the cowgirl as a child who will grow up someday and be something else. The cowboy's female counterpart—who can ride and rope and wrangle, who understands land and stock and confronts the elements on a daily basis—is somehow missing from our folklore" (Teresa Jordan, Cowgirls).