rancher

noun

Definition of ranchernext
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as in cattleman

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Recent Examples of rancher In the aftermath of the Civil War, the tough and uncompromising rancher Thomas Dunson (John Wayne) embarks on an ambitious cattle drive along the Chisholm Trail, aiming to establish a profitable route from Texas to Missouri. — Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 Authorities said a cartel planted an IED that killed a Texas rancher and another individual and injured a third person. — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025 State law mandates that the wildlife agency compensate ranchers for the fair market value of livestock and guard animals killed by wolves, up to $15,000. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025 However, there was significant pushback to the initiative from ranchers and farmers who feared that wolves would eat their livestock. — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rancher
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rancher
  1. cattleman
  2. ranchman
  3. stockman
  4. homesteader
  5. horseman
Noun
  • One morning in early January, the ranch’s owner, Martín Wall, a forty-five-year-old cattleman and a seventh-generation Texan, showed me around.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
  • One morning in early January, the ranch’s owner, Martín Wall, a forty-five-year-old cattleman and a seventh-generation Texan, showed me around.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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
Noun
  • Houston Tye Hinton, resident stockman at the Anchor 7 Cattle Growers Association, is winding down after a long day of branding cattle.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Just as Darwin cultivated stockmen and pigeon breeders for their familiarity with the mysterious laws of inheritance, biologists interested in rattlesnakes have beaten a path to Martin’s door.
    — Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Definition of stockman
Noun
  • As a Black homesteader myself, I've been met with resistance to farm work in my networks.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Ree Drummond, Food Network star and famous homesteader, just dropped her biggest furniture collection to date at Walmart.
    — Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of homesteader
Noun
  • Every horseman with a racing stable, breeding farm or training center operates a small business.
    — Mark Casse, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Hot Springs horseman Ted Bowman owns Speed King, a Volatile colt, whose next race at Oaklawn has not been determined, Moquett said, in a second post-Southwest workout.
    — Bob Wisener, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of horseman

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