ranchman
Americannoun
plural
ranchmenEtymology
Origin of ranchman
Example Sentences
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He was George Miller, millionaire ranchman, oilman, farmer-man, circus-man.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a big ranchman and woolen manufacturer until he was 35, when he began his diplomatic career at Petrograd.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifteen years ago Mrs. Vallely, wife of a San Fernando Valley ranchman, took over the entire program of a Los Angeles reading club when other members failed to write the papers assigned to them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Manson, said the ranchman, read deeply in Oriental theology, and believed in reincarnation and the insignificance of individual lives.
From Time Magazine Archive
By its nature and its size Texas invites generalities, and the generalities usually end up as paradox—the “little oF country boy” at a symphony, the booted and blue-jeaned ranchman in Neiman-Marcus, buying Chinese jades.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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