ranchmann.
/ˈrɑːn(t)ʃmən/, /ˈran(t)ʃmən/, U.S. /ˈræn(t)ʃmən/ The owner or manager of a ranch; (also) a man employed on a ranch.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stock-farmer
breeder1531
stock-farmer1769
Boer1776
stock-breeder1815
stockholder1819
veeboer1824
ranchero1825
rancher1836
ranchman1854
stockman1856
pastoral1876
stock-keeper1912
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stock-farmer > worker
stockman1806
ranchero1825
ranchman1854
bush-hand1863
station hand1863
jackeroo1864
boundary-rider1865
bush-rider1883
ringer1909
bush-worker1936
stock-boy1937
jillaroo1945
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > keeper of cattle
beastman1311
breeder1531
cowman1593
rearer1611
bull-ward1614
cowgirl1753
ranchero1825
cattle-breeder1827
rancher1836
estanciero1845
ranchman1854
cattle king1874
beef-grower1880
cow-man1924
1854 N.-Y. Daily Times 9 Sept. 2/3 The stock and other effects of the party were sold..and brought good pieces, being purchased by ranchmen, miners and others.
1879 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. 84 The ranchman, who is half hunter half stockman.
1890 Cent. Mag. Apr. 924/2 Thus the ranchmen here enjoy a great advantage over their fellows in the higher altitudes.
1891 Standard (Ogden, Utah Territory) 10 Nov. 4/4 If this can be done in town what could a ranchman do where his feed costs him practically nothing?
1926 J. F. Dobie Rainbow in Morning 97 A ranchman might contribute a calf, yearling, or steer; or he might contribute money.
1959 T. D. Clark Frontier Amer. xxvii. 640 A ranchman could homestead 160 acres in his own name... A ranchman could purchase public lands outright.
1974 Technol. & Culture 15 340 Haley once told me of standing outside a Panhandle bank, watching two ranchmen squint at the ceaseless sun.
1996 Western Hist. Q. 27 440 Others..sought to uphold the reputations of the masculinized, ‘primitive’ ranchman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1854- to stand upon one's watch
- to stand upon pantofles
- to stand upon points
- to stand upon punctilios
- to stand upon stepping stones
- to stand upon terms
- to stand upon the offensive
- to stand upon trial
- to stand watch
- to stand well or high
- to stand with
- to stand, be abide obs at bay
- to stand, be at bay
- to stand, upon one's guard
- to stand,be upon one's guard
- to stand,lie upon one's guard
- to stank back
- to stank up
- to star the glaze
- to star the provinces
- to starboard
- to stare a person in the face
- to stare a person out of countenance
- to stare down
- to stare in the face