rancher
a person who owns or works on a ranch.
Origin of rancher
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How to use rancher in a sentence
The often conservative-minded ranchers across whose land the fence would run were mostly pussycats.
Graffiti Artists Turn on Banksy: The Rise of Art Hate | Anthony Haden-Guest | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd in their spare time, those cowpunchers, ranchers, and old rodeo riders will use their experiences as grist for cowboy poetry.
After 30 Years of Growth, the Cowboy Poetry Festival Tries to Keep Its Pioneer Spirit | John L. Smith | February 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast year panhandle ranchers Phillip and Doris Smith suffered through the worst one-year drought in Texas history.
The Texas Drought Seen Firsthand from the Eyes of Ranchers | Malcolm Jones | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAs the price of feed kept climbing, ranchers began selling off their herds.
The Texas Drought Seen Firsthand from the Eyes of Ranchers | Malcolm Jones | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAcross the Midwest, corn and soybeans are burning up in the field, and ranchers are culling their herds.
The Texas Drought Seen Firsthand from the Eyes of Ranchers | Malcolm Jones | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Weston did not think that any of the bush ranchers would hire them one, as horses are not always brought back from such journeys.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossThe young ranchers had to go but a short distance, when they struck the trail left by their friends.
The Young Ranchers | Edward S. EllisWe ranchers learn to take a man for what he is worth, not for what he has on.
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas | Frank Gee PatchinThe second line is composed of local stockmen, ranchers, and logging and sawmill crews.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerAs the ranchers put it, in the figurative language of their calling, “the hull blame state was burnt to a cinder.”
The Terms of Surrender | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for rancher
/ (ˈrɑːntʃə) /
a person who owns, manages, or works on a ranch
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