After countless reversals, help out cowgirl (9)
I believe the answer is:
dairymaid
'cowgirl' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'after countless reversals help out' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'countless' becomes 'myriad' (synonyms).
'reversals' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'reversal of' mean this).
'help out' becomes 'aid' (I've seen this in another clue).
'myriad' backwards is 'dairym'.
'dairym' next to 'aid' is 'DAIRYMAID'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dairymaid that I've seen before include "Worker with milk, butter, etc" , "old farm worker" , "One used to parlour work" , "Person milking" , "Woman who milked cows" .)