ranch¹ /ränch, ranch, ränsh or ransh/

1. A stock farm, as in western N America, often taken to include its buildings and the people employed on it
2. An establishment for rearing any commercially-important animal, such as a cattle ranch, etc

To own, manage or work on a ranch

To use (land) as a ranch

ranched adjective

(of a fur coat) made from skins of animals from a ranch

ranchˈer or ranchˈman noun

A person who ranches

rancheria /ran-chā-rēˈə or (Spanish) rän-che-rēˈa/ noun

1. A herdsmen's hut or village
2. A small village or settlement of native peoples in Mexico or SW USA
3. A rancherie (obsolete)

rancherie /ranchˈə-ri/ noun

A Native Canadian village or settlement, esp on a reserve

ranchero /ran-chāˈrō or (Spanish) rän-cheˈrō/ noun (pl rancheˈros)

In Mexico and SW USA, a rancher

ranchˈing noun

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