n. An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A man who is employed on a ranch; one of the herdsmen of a ranch; specifically, one who owns or who has the charge or control of a ranch; a rancher.
Word Usage
"It cannot be said that Theodore Roosevelt's venture as a ranchman was a very successful one, and it is doubtful if he expected to make much money out of it."