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  • 11ranch — ► NOUN 1) a large farm, especially in the western US and Canada, where cattle or other animals are bred. 2) (also ranch house) N. Amer. a single storey house. ► VERB ▪ run a ranch. DERIVATIVES rancher noun. ORIGIN …

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  • 12Ranch — Ranch, n. [See {Rancho}.] A tract of land used for grazing and the rearing of horses, cattle, or sheep. See {Rancho}, 2. [Western U. S.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13ranch — [ra:ntʃ US ræntʃ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Mexican Spanish; Origin: rancho, from Spanish, camp, small building, small farm , from French ranger to put in a row ] 1.) a very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are… …

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  • 14ranch — (n.) 1808, country house, from Amer.Sp. rancho small farm, group of farm huts, from Sp. rancho, originally, group of people who eat together, from ranchear to lodge or station, from O.Fr. ranger install in position, from rang row, line (see RANK… …

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  • 15ranch — [n] farm acreage, cattle farm, dairy farm, estate, farmstead, hacienda, homestead, land, plantation; concepts 258,449,517 …

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  • 16Ranch — This article is about a type of land use and method of raising livestock. For information on people who handle cattle on ranches, see Cowboy. For other uses, see Ranch (disambiguation). View of the Grant Kohrs Ranch near Deer Lodge, Montana A… …

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  • 17ranch — ranchless, adj. ranchlike, adj. /ranch/, n. 1. an establishment maintained for raising livestock under range conditions. 2. Chiefly Western U.S. and Canada. a large farm used primarily to raise one kind of crop or animal: a mink ranch. 3. a dude… …

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  • 18Cattle Kate — Ellen Liddy Watson (July 2, 1861 July 20, 1889) was a female pioneer of Wyoming who became better known as Cattle Kate, an outlaw of the Old West. The outlaw characterization is a dubious one, as she was not violent and was never charged with any …

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  • 19Cattle drives in the United States — A cattle drive is the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses.Prior to the mid 19th century, most ranches primarily raised cattle for their own needs and to sell surplus meat and …

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  • 20ranch — n. 1) a cattle; dude ranch 2) at, on a ranch (he works at the ranch; to live on a ranch) * * * [rɑːntʃ] dude ranch on a ranch (he works at the ranch; to live on a ranch) a cattle at …

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