>>11005131"Cowboy" Is in a sense a catch-all term for the varying types of those who lived in that wild time. Rangers, Gunslingers, Rustlers, Outlaws, etc.
A Ranger is probably the more apt comparison to a Knight or Samurai, especially when some of the best gunfighters were soldiers, in some ways, they were western ronin. Even then, that doesn't encompass the whole of a cowboy.
What makes a cowboy appealing is that is of no class or caste, you just are.
Hats be nice too.
