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ranch·er

 (răn′chər)
n.
1. One that owns or manages a ranch.
2. A rectangular house of one story; a ranch house.
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rancher

(ˈrɑːntʃə)
n
(Professions) a person who owns, manages, or works on a ranch
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ranch•er

(ˈræn tʃər)

n.
a person who owns or works on a ranch.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rancher - a person who owns or operates a ranchrancher - a person who owns or operates a ranch
farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster - a person who operates a farm
grazier - a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
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Translations

rancher

[ˈrɑːntʃəʳ] Nganadero/a m/f, ranchero/a m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rancher

[ˈrɑːntʃər] n (= owner) → propriétaire mf de ranch (= manager) → exploitant(e) m/f de ranchranch hand nouvrier/ière m/f agricoleranch house nranch m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rancher

nRancher(in) m(f), → Viehzüchter(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rancher

[ˈrɑːntʃəʳ] n (owner) → proprietario di un ranch; (ranch hand) → cowboy m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
They passed a rancher's wagon overturned, a second wagon with a broken axle, and the stage a hundred yards down the mountainside, where it had fallen, passengers, horses, road, and all.
Mary Dusak had been housekeeper for a bachelor rancher from Boston, and after several years in his service she was forced to retire from the world for a short time.
Coming out on a wagon road that led upward, he followed it for several miles, emerging in a small, mountain-encircled valley, where half a dozen poor ranchers farmed the wine-grapes on the steep slopes.
Inoffensive ranchers in remote valleys were held up by armed men and compelled to identify themselves.
The Irish ranchers twitted me good-naturedly on my exploit, and patted me on the back until I felt that I had done something heroic.
Rancher Labs has introduced k3OS, a new operating system purpose-built for its popular k3s Kubernetes distribution.
Ranchers lease land from the government At very low rates That do not make up for the money spent by the government To manage the land for the ranchers Each rancher goes to sleep with a blanket It doesn't stop there Ranchers get sex in places we don't know about The sex doesn't stop there Ranchers were so mad about 200 coyotes loose in their area So the government said OK we'll shoot them from helicopters When the coyotes died it was OK Because animals die all the time they are used to it You like this cake I'll cut you a slice A sliver It's just a worthless sliver If it were me I would be more circumspect about it I would be less going on about it I'd tear its branches off and act like I hadn't thought about it Decorate the tree half and shove it out there to sit
A Nevada rancher who led an armed standoff against federal agents (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/279314-cliven-bundy-suing-obama-nevada-officials) is now suing President Barack Obama, as well as several other federal and state officials, in the hopes of getting the charges against him dismissed, the Hill reported Tuesday.
30 announced the availability of $17.7 million in grants to help train, educate and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of agricultural producers through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP).
"Rancher Archaeologist: A Career in Two Different Worlds" is Professor Frison's 304 page biography in which he details his life and work, and most especially, how a Wyoming rancher developed into one of the country's influential archaeologists.
--Gary Cammack, a South Dakota rancher, on the record-breaking snowstorm that buried the western part of the state in early October.
NCR-SARE's Farmer Rancher Grant Program is a competitive grants program for farmers and ranchers who want to explore sustainable solutions to problems through on-farm research, demonstration and education projects.