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ˈrancher orig. and chiefly U.S.
[f. ranch n.2 + -er1.]
1. A ranchman.
1836Papers of M. Buonaparte Lamar (1921) I. 337 Capt King went..to Lopes..for the purpose of chastising some ranchers. 1866Rep. Indian Affairs (U.S.) 189 Teamsters, packers, herders, ranchers and miners all over the country have become exasperated. 1885Manch. Exam. 13 Aug. 4/7 This..prevents ranging by other ranchers. 1953Manch. Guardian Weekly 18 June 3 The surviving farmers and ranchers have bought up the land from the men who went away. 1958Publ. Amer. Dialect Soc. xxx. 6 A man with such a dual [sc. wheat and cattle] establishment in central Nebraska..is more likely to identify himself as a rancher rather than as a farmer. 1961L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. vii. 112 One of the foremost ranchers near Gemsbok Pan was in the Union and coming back by truck across the desert. 1973Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 21 Jan. 14/1 There are a few ranchers.. on the Brazilian border, a few miners, a few lumberjacks. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 4 July 1-a/5 Z― C― was born into a family of ranchers who had come to Montana from Canada a few years before the first Yegen arrived.
2. A modern single-storey house.
1965Sun (Vancouver) 8 Aug. 47/7 (Advt.), Rancher..close to Burnaby Park and swimming pool. 1968H. Waugh Con Game ii. 23 The Demarest home was a rancher in the $25,000 class. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 24/3 (Advt.), Lovely buff brick rancher on wide 80 ft. lot. 1978N.Y. Times 29 Mar. b8/6 (Advt.), Beautiful rambling Rancher. 2 yrs old, 7 spac rms, [etc.]. |