rancher

Noun

rancher (plural ranchers)

1. A person who operates a ranch.
   • That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2025
2. (US) A ranch-style house.
   • By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]1987, E. C. Relph, The Modern Urban Landscape: 1880 to the Present, page 174
   • 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 $59,000.2009, Thomas Collins, How to Invest in Real Estate, page 21

   Synonyms:

   ranchhouse