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ranchman West

• 1 n. a person who owns or operates a ranch for raising livestock.

  See also: rancher (def. 1)  

  • 1887  (1888)  . . . a ranchman came down and mentioned that he had a letter to send . . . by the returning boat. . . .
  • 1910  Attired in plain clothes, he watched the country closely until his suspicions fell upon a certain ranchman.

• 2 † n. a person who works on a cattle ranch; cowboy.

  • 1884  The citizen of leisure was there, and the ranchman, and the person who calls himself a ranchman, and other hundred varieties, including the typical English, who smoked, talked and "yer knowed" until he was black in the face.
  • 1898  There were . . . ranchmen in wide cowboy hats and buckskin shirts and leggings. . . .
  • 1962  A ranchman's overalls are made of "Montana broadcloth," otherwise known as "duck". . . .