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ranchos

ranchos 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

Phrases with ranchos

Questions about ranchos

What is ranchos the plural of?
Ranchos is the plural of rancho.

Words near ranchos in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ranchos (page history and authors); rancho (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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