rancher noun2 •A person who operates a ranch.That story begins in rural Wyoming in 1963, when drifters Ennis and Jack are hired by a local rancher to herd sheep through grazing ground on the titular Brokeback Mountain. — 2025 •(US) A ranch-style house.By the 1960s in North America sprawling ranchers and backsplits with attached garages had become common […] — 1987 formsranchers