rancher

English

Etymology

From ranch +‎ -er.

Noun

rancher (plural ranchers)

1. A person who operates a ranch.
2. (US, real estate) A ranch-style house, a ranchhouse.
   • 1987, E. C. Relph, The Modern Urban Landscape: 1880 to the Present, page 174:

     By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]

   • 2009, Thomas Collins, How to Invest in Real Estate, page 21:

     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.

Related terms

• dude rancher
• guest rancher

 

Translations

person who operates a ranch

• Danish: rancher c
• Esperanto: ranĉisto
• Greek:

  Ancient: κτηνοτρόφος m (ktēnotróphos)

• Latin: pecuārius m

See also

• ranchgirl
• ranchboy
• ranchman
• ranchwoman

Danish

Etymology 1

From English rancher.

Noun

rancher c (singular definite rancheren, plural indefinite ranchere or ranchers)

1. rancher (person who operates a ranch)

Declension

Declension of rancher

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rancher	rancheren	ranchere ranchers	rancherne
genitive	ranchers	rancherens	rancheres ranchers'	ranchernes

Etymology 2

See ranch.

Noun

rancher

1. indefinite plural of ranch