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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 ranchplay

  Familiarity information: RANCH HAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RANCH HAND (noun)


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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