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ranchers

ranchers is the plural of rancher.

Meaning of 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
    Synonyms:
    ranchhouse

Phrases with ranchers

Questions about ranchers

What is ranchers the plural of?
Ranchers is the plural of rancher.

Words near ranchers in the dictionary

  1. ranchero
  2. ranchero sauce
  3. ranchero sauces
  4. rancheroes
  5. rancheros
  6. ranchers
  7. ranchería
  8. rancherías
  9. ranches
  10. ranchette
  11. ranchettes

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