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ranchero

noun

Definition of ranchero

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Recent Examples of ranchero In a twist, Aguilar was competing in the best ranchero/mariachi album category with his son-in-law Christian Nodal. — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 All of the performers are current and previous nominees, including Aguilar who received a nomination for best ranchero/mariachi album. — Thania Garcia, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 Health inspectors gave the gas station a yellow placard after cheese pepperoni, ranchero steak and southwest chicken tornadoes on the roller grill measured outside of the temperature range considered safe. — Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025 Although the region’s agricultural history dates back to the 18th-century Spanish missionaries and, later, Mexican rancheros, modern winegrowing began in the 1960s with the establishment of Cilurzo Vineyards and Brookside Winery. — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for ranchero

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Noun

The aim is the same the world over, but this rodeo is in Australia, where cattle stations dwarf even those in the United States, creating a familiar yet distinct cowboy culture.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Top-name cowboys competed in the three days of bronc riding, bull dogging, bull riding and calf riding.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026

Definition of cowboy

Noun

Roosevelt observes that the cougars of his time are docile and timid, terrified of the rifle-bearing ranchman who had come to dominate their homelands.

— Declan Leary, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
This once summer residence of the Marquis de Mores—an Old West frontier ranchman—and his family includes many of their original furnishings.

— Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 6 June 2019

Definition of ranchman

Noun

But it was then followed up by a Spanish hymn, sung by musicians, dressed in 18th-century Spanish Colonial attire, including the garb of soldado, vaquero, pioneers, military, and indigenous peoples.

— Brian Hackney, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Her original book of photography, Frontier, saw Krantz travel across the Americas, including the United States, to visually capture the North American cowboy, the Central American vaquero and the South American gaucho.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026

Definition of vaquero

Noun

Lind and Little posed for this behind-the-scenes photo with Berto Colon, who plays Oreana's bodyguard, and Ray McKinnon, who stars as rancher and social misfit Dwight White.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
After losing their cattle to disease, the two joined fellow rancher Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening), initially a major adversary, and her 10 Petal Ranch.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of rancher

Noun

Accommodation is both modest and luxurious working estancias, including three nights at the all-inclusive Cerro Guido, a place steeped of gaucho culture.

— Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
From bright patterns to more neutral, everyday options, keep reading to find the 10 best gaucho and palazzo pants worth swapping your denim shorts for this summer, with prices starting as low as $16.

— Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026

Definition of gaucho

Noun

Junior vividly remembers his father struggling tirelessly to support the family as a campesino (agricultural worker), an electrician and more, while his mother, who had worked as a bank clerk in Mexico, cleaned hotel rooms despite her arthritis.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2026
On May 12, a group of rural campesinos staged a peaceful protest to draw attention to threats of land eviction.

— Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025

Definition of campesino

Noun

Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.

— Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025

Definition of cowhand

Noun

The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.

— Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025

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