rancher
/ɹˈæntʃɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English ranch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English rancher From ranch + -er.
Usage
- American usage