ranchero


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ran·che·ro

 (răn-châr′ō)
n. pl. ran·che·ros Southwestern US
A ranch owner; a rancher.

[American Spanish, from rancho, small ranch; see ranch.]
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ranchero

(rɑːnˈtʃɛərəʊ)
n, pl -ros
(Professions) Southwestern US another word for rancher
[C19: from American Spanish]
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ran•che•ro

(rænˈtʃɛər oʊ, rɑn-)

n., pl. -che•ros.
(in Spanish America and the southwestern U.S.) a rancher.
[1820–30; < Sp, =ranch(o) ranch + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary]
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"The Mark of Zorro" stars Douglas Fairbanks as the son of a 19th-century ranchero who takes on the masked identity of Senor Zorro for some Robin Hood-type championing of the people.