n. One who grazes cattle and/or sheep on a rural property.
n. The owner of a large property on which sheep or cattle graze.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who pastures cattle, and rears them for market.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who grazes or pastures cattle for the market; a farmer who raises cattle for the market.
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n. a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
Word Usage
"From 1804 a person so engaged, as distinct from one who farmed crops -- who engaged in agricultural pursuits -- was known as a grazier, and from the 1820s such a person occupied a property"