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ranchoes

ranchoes is the plural of rancho.

Meaning of rancho

Noun

rancho (plural ranchos or ranchoes)

  1. (US, archaic, regional) A simple hut, such as one with posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers would lodge at night.
  2. (US, archaic, regional) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
    • The nearest house, they told us, was a rancho, or cattle-farm, about three miles off.1840, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast

Questions about ranchoes

What is ranchoes the plural of?
Ranchoes is the plural of rancho.

Words near ranchoes in the dictionary

  1. Rancho San Diego
  2. Rancho Santa Fe
  3. Rancho Santa Margarita
  4. Rancho Tehama
  5. Rancho Tehama Reserve
  6. ranchoes
  7. Rancholabrean
  8. ranchos
  9. ranchslider
  10. ranchsliders
  11. ranchstead

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