rancher
noun
a person who owns or works on a ranch.
ranchers
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pluralof rancher.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Avedon also focused extensively on the American West, which served as the setting for his 1985 portrait series of coal miners, oil field workers, ranchers, drifters and ordinary people that he considered his masterwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“We are standing with the powers that ought to be — the teachers and the nurses, the farmers and the ranchers, the grandmother who is facing eviction.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Many farmers and ranchers across the US say they are being hit from all sides.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
What Turner did for bison is now being done by smaller ranchers who see no conflict between margin and mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
White ranchers pastured cattle there, especially during the dry years when no grass grew below the mountain.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
