Answer: pard

AnswerCrossword Clue
PARDFeller
PARDFriend on the trail
PARDOne greeted on a ranch
PARDWestern fella
pardleopard or panther
pardpartner; companion
pardleopard
PARDCowpoke's friend
PARDCowpoke colleague
PARDWhat chaps in chaps call each other
PARDWrangler's pal
PARD'Poke's pal
PARDBuddy on the range
PARDPal on the prairie
PARDRanch pal
PARDWrangler's buddy
PARDTex's friend
PARDBud
PARDPonderosa pal
PARDCowboy's friend
PARDCowpoke's chum
PARDBuddy, out West
PARDCompanion on the range
PARDFriend out West
PARDPal
PARDSidekick
PARDFriend, out West
PARDChum, in cowboys' argot
PARDCowboy's chum
PARDCowboy's sidekick
PARDOne greeted with a "howdy"
PARDWrangler's companion
PARDWyo. sidekick
PARD" . . . bearded like the ...": Shak.
PARDChum, Western style
PARDPanther, old style
PARDWestern sidekick
PARDCowboy's buddy
PARDRoundup cohort
PARDPal in an oater