单词 | rancher |
释义 | ranchern. Originally and chiefly North American. 1. The owner or manager of a ranch (esp. in sense 2a); (also) a person employed on a ranch. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stock-farmer breeder1531 stock-farmer1769 Boer1776 stock-breeder1815 stockholder1819 veeboer1824 ranchero1825 rancher1836 ranchman1854 stockman1856 pastoral1876 stock-keeper1912 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > keeper of cattle beastman1311 breeder1531 cowman1593 rearer1611 bull-ward1614 cowgirl1753 ranchero1825 cattle-breeder1827 rancher1836 estanciero1845 ranchman1854 cattle king1874 beef-grower1880 cow-man1924 1836 L. Ayers Jrnl. 12 Mar. in C. A. Gulick & K. Elliott Papers M. B. Lamar (1921) I. 337 Capt King went..to Lopes..for the purpose of chastising some ranchers. 1866 Rep. Indian Affairs (U.S.) 189 Teamsters, packers, herders, ranchers and miners all over the country have become exasperated. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 Aug. 4/7 This..prevents ranging by other ranchers. 1915 Z. Grey Lone Star Ranger xi. 148 He learned that both outlaws and Mexican raiders had long been at bitter enmity with these ranchers. 1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 18 June 3 The surviving farmers and ranchers have bought up the land from the men who went away. 1973 Sunday Advocate-News (Barbados) 21 Jan. 14/1 There are a few ranchers..on the Brazilian border. 1997 D. Garceau Important Things of Life 9 Ranchers projected cowboy myth onto their work routines in order to reinforce the idea..of gender-based divisions of labor. 2. A ranch-style house; = ranch house n. (b) at ranch n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style hall-house1467 longhouse1643 bungalow1676 single housea1684 tower-house1687 villa1755 box1773 cottage orné1774 villarette1792 mews1805 cottage1808 terrace house1817 casita1822 villa dwelling1833 villa residence1833 box-house1846 six-roomer1853 terrace1854 tembe1860 moat house1871 parlour house1871 row house1871 salt-box1876 trullo1898 townhouse1900 colonial1903 semi1912 Cape Cod1916 bungaloid1927 semi-detached1928 ranchette1938 solar house1946 rambler1947 rancher1950 ranch1951 tunnel-back1957 sidesplit1958 two-up-and-two-downer1958 two-up two-down1958 semi-det1960 A-frame1963 townhouse1965 tri-level1965 link house1968 split1970 dormer bungalow1977 1950 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) 5 Feb. a35/5 (advt.) 6-room rancher 7234 N. May Ave. Open 2 to 5 p.m. 1978 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. b8/6 (advt.) Beautiful rambling Rancher. 2 yrs old, 7 spac rms, [etc.]. 2002 Esquire Sept. 182/2 Since last August, she'd been living in the modest rancher on Acorn Lane where she grew up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836 |
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