rancher

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Scrabble points
12
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13
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7

Definition of rancher

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person who operates a ranch.
    “That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.”
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noun

  1. A person who operates a ranch.
    “That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.”
  2. (US)A ranch-style house.
    “By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]”
    “We know that if a realtor got a listing for a rancher in the neighborhood of property one: that similar houses there will sell, with some effort, for about $59,000.”

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Etymology

From ranch + -er.

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