different between rancher vs wrangler

English

Etymology

From ranch +? -er.

Noun

rancher (plural ranchers)

1. A person who operates a ranch.
2. (US, real estate) A ranch-style house.
   • 1987, E. C. Relph, The Modern Urban Landscape: 1880 to the Present (page 174)

     By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […]

   • 2009, Thomas Collins, How to Invest in Real Estate (page 21)

     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.

Translations

See also

• ranchgirl
• ranchboy
• ranchman
• ranchwoman

Danish

Etymology 1

From English rancher.

Noun

rancher c (singular definite rancheren, plural indefinite ranchere or ranchers)

1. rancher (person who operates a ranch)

Declension

Etymology 2

See ranch.

Noun

rancher

1. indefinite plural of ranch

English

Etymology

wrangle +? -er

Noun

wrangler (plural wranglers)

1. Someone who wrangles or corrals.
2. A cowboy who takes care of saddle horses.
3. A cowboy who takes care of tourists.
4. An animal handler or trainer.
5. (Britain, education, Cambridge University) A student who has completed the third year of the mathematical tripos with first-class honours.
6. (US, education, New England, derogatory) A special education teacher.

Usage notes

In the Cambridge sense, the student taking the first place in the class is the senior wrangler, the second is the second wrangler, and so on.

Derived terms

• baby wrangler

See also

• optime