Spooner derides brown cowboy (8)

I believe the answer is:

stockman

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'cowboy' is the definition.
(I know that cowboy can be written as stockman)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Another definition for stockman that I've seen is " Australian cowboy".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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