rancho

English

Etymology

Spanish, properly, a mess, mess room. Compare ranch.

Noun

rancho (plural ranchos or ranchoes)

  1. (US, regional) A simple hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm workers may lodge at night.
  2. (US, regional) A large grazing farm where horses and cattle are raised; distinguished from hacienda, a cultivated farm or plantation.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rancho in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French se ranger (“to be quartered, take up a position”).

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

  1. hut; rancho (primitive house)
  2. mess (food set for a group of people); especially in jail
  3. a group of people doing something together
  4. ranch (large plot for livestock); especially one in the western United States
  5. (carnaval) a representation of the pastoral lifestyle

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From rancharse, from arranchar, from French ranger, from rang, from Frankish *hring.

Noun

rancho m (plural ranchos)

  1. ranch
  2. shed, barn
  3. grotty grub
  4. (nautical) crew's quarters

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Catalan: ranxo
  • → English: ranch

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