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rancho

[ ran-choh, rahn-; Spanish rahn-chaw ]

noun

, plural ran·chos [ran, -chohz, rahn, -chaws].
  1. a ranch.
  2. a hut or collection of huts for herders, laborers, or travelers.


rancho

/ ˈrɑːntʃəʊ /

noun

  1. a hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers
  2. another word for ranch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rancho1

An Americanism first recorded in 1800–10; from Latin American Spanish: “small farm, camp” ( Spanish: “camp”), from Old Spanish rancharse “to lodge, be billeted,” from Middle French (se) ranger “to be arranged, be installed”; range
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rancho1

C17: from Mexican Spanish: camp, from Old Spanish ranchar to be billeted, from Old French ranger to place
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Example Sentences

I had to drive from Los Angeles to Rancho Mirage that afternoon—a four-hour roundtrip.

As detectives began closing in on Viens, he attempted to commit suicide by diving feet first off a Rancho Palos Verdes cliff.

After her recovery, Ford started the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California.

They danced at the Rancho Deluxe wrap party, but nothing came of it.

The 19-year-old Jou, an aspiring doctor, often tutored and volunteered at charities around her Rancho Santa Margarita home.

Marched early and at nine o'clock arrived at a Rancho on fine running water; course east and west.

Stranger, you freeze to this: there ain't no kinder gin-palace, Nor no variety-show lays over a man's own rancho.

You are welcome, gentlemen, to the rancho of the Blessed Fisherman.

Well, if he has to lay up for a week or two, the rancho won't suffer.

Diego—dismissed from the rancho of Don Jose for drunkenness!

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