ranchero

Definitions of ranchero
  1. noun
    a person who operates a farm
    synonyms: agricultor, campesino, cultivador, granjero, labrador
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    agrónomo, cosechero, cultivador, ingeniero agrónomo
    someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
    apicultor, colmenero
    a farmer who keeps bees for their honey
    lechero, tambero
    the owner or manager of a dairy
    arboricultor
    someone trained in forestry
    hacendado, terrateniente
    the owner or manager of a plantation
    minifundista
    a person owning or renting a smallholding
    labrantín, puestero
    a farmer on a small farm
    sembrador
    someone who sows
    ganadero
    farmer who breed or raises livestock
    colono, masadero, quintero, rentero
    a farmer who works land owned by someone else
    criador
    a person who breeds animals
    vaquero
    a man who raises (or tends) cattle
    pastor
    a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
    criador de ovejas
    a man who raises (or tends) sheep
    type of:
    creador
    a person who grows or makes or invents things
  2. noun
    a person who owns or operates a ranch
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    types:
    pastor
    a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
    type of:
    agricultor, campesino, cultivador, granjero, labrador
    a person who operates a farm
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