rancher

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English ranch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rancher From ranch + -er.

1. A person who operates a ranch.

   “That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain.”

2. A ranch-style house.

   “By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]”

   “We know that if a realtor got a listing for a rancher in the neighborhood of property one: that similar houses there will sell, with some effort, for about $59,000.”