rancher
nounEtymology From ranch + -er.
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
Business, Real estate 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:
- We know that if a realtor got a listing for a rancher in the neighborhood of property one: that similar houses there will sell, with some effort, for about $59,000.2009, Thomas Collins, How to Invest in Real Estate, page 21:
- Related terms
- dude rancher, guest rancher, cattleman, ranchboy, ranchgirl, ranchman, ranchwoman