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

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

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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

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