rancho
noun/ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃoʊ/
Etymology Borrowed from Spanish rancho (“mess, mess room”). Compare ranch.
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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:
- Related terms
- ranchero