rancher

noun

ranch·​er ˈran-chər How to pronounce rancher (audio)
: one who owns or works on a ranch

Examples of rancher in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Judge Thomas Fink of the Santa Cruz County Superior Court is presiding over the trial of rancher George Alan Kelly, who is accused of murder after the fatal shooting of Mexican national Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea. Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024 The bill was introduced amid a high-profile prosecution of a Nogales rancher charged with murder after shooting a Mexican citizen on his land last year. Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2024 Over the next two decades, the park district worked with a number of ranchers to add acre after acre to the park, ultimately creating the trail that exists today–a one-of-a-kind experience that allows an unimpeded hike from Livermore to Fremont. Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024 Kelly’s adoptive brothers in accent were hard to place — there were comparisons to Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (who grew up in Alabama), Kenny Chesney (Tennessee) and Foghorn Leghorn (cartoon rooster based in part on a fictional politician based on a Texas rancher). New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024 Jessica Long’s daughter had raised the brown and white goat to enter into the fair’s 4-H program, which teaches children about the process of raising and caring for livestock to provide food, as ranchers and farmers do. Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024 Anderson, the agricultural economics professor, told CNN the effect on cattle ranchers will be multifold. Camila Bernal, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024 The identity of the rancher remains unavailable to the public. Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024 Colorado plans to release up to 50 wolves Colorado's controversial plan has received widespread opposition from farmers and ranchers, who consider wolves a dangerous threat to wildlife and livestock. USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rancher was in 1836

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“Rancher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rancher. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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rancher

noun
ranch·​er ˈran-chər How to pronounce rancher (audio)
: a person who owns or works on a ranch

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