“The rancher rounded up the cattle and tended to the fields on his expansive ranch.”
“The rancher carefully herded the cows into the corral before sunset.”
“Our house is a rancher so I could talk to him without shouting down like Juliet to her Romeo.”
ranchette
A smallranch or large home lot, often on the outskirts of a major metropolitan area and just past the planned neighborhoods, consisting of 40 acres and a house and possibly a barn or other outbuildings.
“Cattle ranches, or ranchos, emerged as the dominant institutions of Mexican California.”
“Located on the estancias were widely dispersed ranchos, or simple adobe houses with dooryard gardens, which served as the headquarters of the estancieros.”
“Once missions and protective presidios were established in an area, large land grants encouraged settlement and establishment of California ranchos.”