DCHP-3

ranchman

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a person who owns or operates a ranch for raising livestock.

See: rancher(def. 1)

Quotations

1887
. . . 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.

Quotations

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". . . .