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Topic: AGRICULTURE

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Mexican Spanish
Origin: rancho, from Spanish, 'camp, small building, small farm', from French ranger 'to put in a row'

ranch

 noun
     
ranch [countable]
1TA a very large farm in the western US and Canada where sheep, cattle, or horses are bred
2DHH a ranch house
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