noun
pl. -·chos- a hut or group of huts for ranch workers
- ranch
Origin of rancho
AmSp, small farm from Sp, small farm, group who eat together, mess from ranchear, to build huts from French (se) ranger, to make room from ranger: see rangerancho
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rancho
noun
pl. ran·chos Southwestern US- A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers.
- A ranch.
Origin of rancho
American Spanish small ranch ; see ranch .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural ranchos or ranchoes)
- (US, regional) A simple hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers may lodge at night.
- (US, regional) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
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