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ranchero

noun

Definition of ranchero

as in cowboy

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Recent Examples of ranchero Although the region’s agricultural history dates back to the 18th-century Spanish missionaries and, later, Mexican rancheros, modern winegrowing began in the 1960s with the establishment of Cilurzo Vineyards and Brookside Winery. — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 Dipping sauce flavors include avocado ranch and spicy ranchero. — Maxwell Millington, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025 At Bahía Agua Verde, looking for birds, seals, dolphins, and whales is on the agenda along with a mule ride and visit with a local ranchero. — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2024 In a twist, Aguilar was competing in the best ranchero/mariachi album category with his son-in-law Christian Nodal. — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for ranchero

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Noun

The cowboy thanks the bartender and rides off into the sunset.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Lean into desert dressing with cowboy-core and micro shorts; embrace your boho dreams in flowy dresses and ruffles; or match the city grit with an oversized leather jacket and low-rise jeans.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026

Definition of cowboy

Noun

Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.

— Declan Leary, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.

— Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019

Definition of ranchman

Noun

Waving a Mexican flag with a vaquero sombrero on, El Malilla made history at Coachella last year as the first reggaeton Mexa act on the lineup.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
But it was then followed up by a Spanish hymn, sung by musicians, dressed in 18th-century Spanish Colonial attire, including the garb of soldado, vaquero, pioneers, military, and indigenous peoples.

— Brian Hackney, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Definition of vaquero

Noun

Gilroy’s multi-ethnic roots, however, begin at its inception, when Scotsman John Gilroy became the first English-speaking settler of California, married Maria Clara Ortega – the daughter of a Spanish rancher, and then became a Mexican citizen.

— Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Among them were a former rural mayor, an ex-police commander, a bar owner, a rancher, a fireman and various entrepreneurs associated with mining and construction, industries heavily subject to extortion demands.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Definition of rancher

Noun

Envinate Benje 2024 Tenerife, DOP Ycoden-Daute-Isora The grapes here are listán negro, negramol, listán gaucho, and vijariego negro.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
From bright patterns to more neutral, everyday options, keep reading to find the 10 best gaucho and palazzo pants worth swapping your denim shorts for this summer, with prices starting as low as $16.

— Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026

Definition of gaucho

Noun

Junior vividly remembers his father struggling tirelessly to support the family as a campesino (agricultural worker), an electrician and more, while his mother, who had worked as a bank clerk in Mexico, cleaned hotel rooms despite her arthritis.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2026
On May 12, a group of rural campesinos staged a peaceful protest to draw attention to threats of land eviction.

— Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025

Definition of campesino

Noun

Eastwood portrayed Rowdy Yates, the young cowhand who eventually matures into a leader.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026

Definition of cowhand

Noun

The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.

— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025

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