dude ranch
dude ranch noun: synonym of guest ranch.
Noun
dude ranch (plural dude ranches)
- Synonym of guest ranch.
- ‘Is this Scott Lawson's dude ranch?’ soberly inquired the rider of the pinto.1921 March, Scribner's Magazine, volume 343, number 1
- ...I didn't get on very well with my stepmother, so I cleared off and went to America. I was there several years, doing various jobs. I was on the waterfront for a time, and I worked on a dude ranch and went prospecting with a friend of mine in the Mojave desert and ... oh, lots of things. When the...1956, P. G. Wodehouse, 'French Leave', Barrie & Jenkins, London: 1974, p 125.
- Synonyms:
- guest ranch
Synonyms of dude ranch
Forms of dude ranch
| plural | dude ranches |
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Origin of dude ranch
From dude (“a tourist, a dandy”) + ranch. First use appears c. 1899, in the Bismarck Tribune.
Words formed from dude ranch
Questions about dude ranch
- What does dude ranch mean?
- Dude ranch means synonym of guest ranch.
- What part of speech is dude ranch?
- Dude ranch is a noun.
- What is the plural of dude ranch?
- The plural of dude ranch is dude ranches.
Words near dude ranch in the dictionary
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