# Urban Cowboy

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A person living in the city who dresses in clothes that suggest a film of the western genre.
2. Pop-styled country music which became popular during the early 1980s, following the release of the movie Urban Cowboy (1980).

## Etymology
The term is borrowed from the title of a popular 1980 movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger and featuring several country music performances.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/urban-cowboy