rancho

[ran-choh, rahn-, rahn-chaw]

noun

plural

ranchos 

1. a ranch.

2. a hut or collection of huts for herders, laborers, or travelers.

rancho

/ ˈrɑːntʃəʊ /

noun

1. a hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers

2. another word for ranch

Word History and Origins

Origin of rancho¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1800–10; from Latin American Spanish: “small farm, camp” ( Spanish: “camp”), from Old Spanish rancharse “to lodge, be billeted,” from Middle French (se) ranger “to be arranged, be installed”; range

Word History and Origins

Origin of rancho¹

C17: from Mexican Spanish: camp, from Old Spanish ranchar to be billeted, from Old French ranger to place

Example Sentences

Officials were also closely watching the Line burn scar north of Highland and the Airport burn scar between Rancho Santa Margarita and Lake Elsinore.

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Officials are also closely watching the Line burn scar north of Highland; and the Airport burn scar, located between Rancho Santa Margarita and Lake Elsinore.

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First responders arrived at the scene on Westwood Boulevard, near the Westwood/Rancho Park stop on the E Line in Rancho Park, around 10:30 a.m.

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The Coachella Valley is now a political patchwork, home also to the Democratic havens of Palm Springs and Cathedral City and divided towns of Rancho Mirage and Palm Desert.

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Sánchez would eventually settle in Newport Beach and study business administration at Rancho Santiago Community College, but he dropped out and hawked perfume, enticed by promises that he could get rich quickly.

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