rancher

noun

Definition of ranchernext
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as in cattleman

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Recent Examples of rancher Lauren’s output spans a shore-to-shining-shore survey of American clothing genres—Ivy League, cowboy, rancher, Gatsby, outdoorsman, maritime, military, athletic, and more—plus a few, like English aristo, imported from overseas. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026 Every spring, Frank Shirts, a local sheep rancher, moves his sheep through the Foothills. — Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026 Named after the Montana rancher who found it, Jodi Pierson, the skeleton was excavated at the Hell Creek Formation in 2019, and is estimated to be about 55 percent complete. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026 That was the dynamic that Hyde-Smith, a cattle rancher and former state agriculture commissioner, was addressing in her interview that was clipped in Colom's video. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rancher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rancher
  1. cattleman
  2. ranchman
  3. stockman
  4. homesteader
  5. horseman
Noun
  • In the northeastern rural town of Robinson, Kansas, Jack Geiger, a cattleman running as an independent for the state House of Representatives, also expressed disappointment with the decision to ease tariffs on beef imports.
    — Gaby Vinick, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The establishment celebrates its nearly 70 years of Vegas connections, from Mafia chieftains (The Mob Room dining space) to Elvis to the Rat Pack to gamblers and cattlemen.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
Definition of cattleman
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  • Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.
    — Declan Leary, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019
Definition of ranchman
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  • For stockmen and women, there’s nothing more rewarding than a 283-day pregnancy that results in a contented cow and a healthy calf.
    — Susan Koch, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • The stockman rolls on narrow 21/18-inch spoked enduro wheels.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of stockman
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  • The first homesteader was an army deserter from Fort Duchesne to the north.
    — Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The American Dream, in this sense, moved from production to consumption, from homesteaders growing crops to homeowners buying appliances.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of homesteader
Noun
  • Once, leafing through a typographical pamphlet by the Soviet graphic artist Farsovsky, Ellendea spotted a drawing of an old-fashioned carriage and a horseman.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly a decade after Fulton County seized his horses over allegations of animal mistreatment, a South Fulton horseman's fight to receive just compensation for his property has become a potentially precedent-setting constitutional case.
    — Brian Unger, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of horseman

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