grazier

noun

gra·​zier ˈgrā-zhər 

1

: a person who grazes cattle

broadly : rancher

2

Australia : a sheep raiser

Examples of grazier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In March, after significant winter rains, a different grazier named Paigelynn Trotter, the owner of Coastal Land & Livestock, trucked in three hundred and forty cashmere goats. — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026

In 1866 the westward movement of Queensland graziers brought sheep to the northern border area of the territory. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026

Upon seeing us, the grazier rushed up and fell weeping at my feet. — Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025

Numbers have increased steadily over the past decade, with new apprenticeship titles — dairy grazier, arborist, phlebotomist, among others — added last summer. — Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2023

The 96-million-year-old pterosaur lived among dinosaurs and was found by a sheep grazier named Bob Elliott in Australia near Winton, Queensland. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for grazier

• brazier
• crazier
• glazier