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rancho

rancho


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rancho  \Ran"cho\,  n.;  pl  {Ranchos}.  [Sp.,  properly,  a  mess, 
  mess  room  Cf  2d  {Ranch}.] 
  1.  A  rude  hut,  as  of  posts,  covered  with  branches  or  thatch, 
  where  herdsmen  or  farm  laborers  may  live  or  lodge  at 
  night. 
 
  2.  A  large  grazing  farm  where  horses  and  cattle  are  raised; 
  --  distinguished  from  hacienda,  a  cultivated  farm  or 
  plantation.  [Mexico  &  California]  --Bartlett.