Ranch

ranch, n. a stock farm in the west part of the United States.— v.i. to manage or work upon a ranch—also Ranche , Ranch′o .— ns. Ranch′er , Ranchero (ran-chā′rō), Ranch′man , one employed in ranching; Rancheria (ran-chā-rē′a), a herdsman's hut: a village of herdsmen: a settlement of Indians; Ranch′ing , the busine of cattle-breeding. [Sp. rancho , prop. 'me ' or 'me -room;' in Mexico, a herdsman's hut, a grazing-farm.]