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RANCH HAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ranch hand mean?
• RANCH HAND (noun)
The noun RANCH HAND has 1 sense:
1. a hired hand on a ranch
Familiarity information: RANCH HAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hired hand on a ranch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ranch hand" is a kind of...):
hand; hired hand; hired man (a hired laborer on a farm or ranch)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ranch hand"):
cattleman; cowboy; cowhand; cowherd; cowman; cowpoke; cowpuncher; puncher (a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback)
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