Rancher

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who operates a ranch.
  2. 2
    a person who owns or operates a ranch wordnet
  3. 3
    A ranch-style house. US

    "By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]"

Example

More examples

"Thus we have the spectacle, still to be seen today, of the western rancher who accepts federal aid for his cattle operations and federal aid for his grazing requirements, but bitterly opposes all social programs that do not concern him, and the philosophy that lies behind them."

Etymology

From ranch + -er.

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