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Definition of Rancher
1. Noun. A person who owns or operates a ranch.
Specialized synonyms: Grazier
Derivative terms: Ranch
Definition of Rancher
1. Noun. A person who operates a ranch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rancher
1. one that owns or works on a ranch [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rancher
Literary usage of Rancher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1870)
"And then there was the goose-rancher—a fellow who drove a hundred geese before
him about the city, and tried to sell them. He had a pole ten feet long, ..."
2. British Dominions: Their Present Commercial and Industrial Condition; a by William James Ashley (1911)
"We are witnessing the gradual extinction of the rancher and the gradual establishment
of a great grazing and feeding industry. It is naturally difficult by ..."
3. British Dominions: Their Present Commercial and Industrial Condition; a by William James Ashley (1911)
"We are witnessing the gradual extinction of the rancher and the gradual establishment
of a great grazing and feeding industry. It is naturally difficult by ..."
4. Thirty-one Years on the Plains and in the Mountains: Or, The Last Voice from by William F. Drannan (1900)
"CHAPTER XXXV. BLACK BESS BECOMES POPULAR IN SAN FRANCISCO.—A FAILURE AS rancher.
BUYING HOUSES IN OREGON. THE KLAMATH MARSH.—CAPTAIN JACK THE MODOC. ..."
5. Canada as it is by John Foster Fraser (1905)
"AMONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE ROCKIES : THE LIFE OF THE rancher. THE "broncho-buster,"
the "cow-puncher," and the men who ranch among the foothills ..."
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