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noun, plural ran·che·ros [ran-chair-ohz; Spanish rahn-che–raws] /rænˈtʃɛər oʊz; Spanish rɑnˈtʃɛ rɔs/. (in Spanish America and the southwestern U.S.)
- a rancher.
noun plural -ros
- Southwestern US another word for rancher
“one employed on a ranch,” 1826, from American Spanish ranchero, from rancho (see ranch (n.)).