People who own or operate ranches, farms that raise livestock like cattle, sheep, or horses over large areas of land.
From Spanish 'rancho,' originally meaning 'a hut' or 'settlement.' In Texas and the American Southwest, it evolved to mean large farms. English adopted it in the 1800s.
Rancho became ranch through English speakers—it's one of many Spanish words that came to American English through the Southwest, showing that the American West was built on Spanish-Mexican vocabulary and culture!
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