Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who raises or tends cattle.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is engaged in rearing cattle on a ranch; a ranchman.
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- noun A man who
raises ortends cattle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who raises (or tends) cattle
- noun a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
Etymologies
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Examples
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She knew all along that her father was planning some sort of birthday surprise for her, and now she could not but wonder what it was that had called the cattleman in to Longstreet's aid.
The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912
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Mountain Home rancher Steve Damele is the kind of cattleman who doesn't mince words
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Mountain Home rancher Steve Damele is the kind of cattleman who doesn't mince words
WN.com - Articles related to UN wildlife trade agency backs ban on bluefin tuna 2010
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Mountain Home rancher Steve Damele is the kind of cattleman who doesn't mince words
WN.com - Articles related to UN wildlife trade agency backs ban on bluefin tuna 2010
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Mountain Home rancher Steve Damele is the kind of cattleman who doesn't mince words
WN.com - Articles related to UN wildlife trade agency backs ban on bluefin tuna 2010
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It was while at the Jingle-bob, but mailed by a cattleman from Chicago, that Young Dick wrote a letter to his guardians.
CHAPTER V 2010
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Ben is modeled on a real person, Jim Hathaway, who was a legendary cattleman, deputy sheriff, and soldier of fortune in southern Arizona in the early-to-mid 20th century.
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The 75-year-old cattleman will have fewer head to sell next year, but that also means fewer mouths needing expensive hay and scarce water.
Cattle Numbers Dwindle Marshall Eckblad 2011
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Beyond that lay the Laramie plains where the Wyoming cattle business started after a nineteenth-century cattleman lost some of his cows on a drive from Montana summer pasture back to Texas.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Beyond that lay the Laramie plains where the Wyoming cattle business started after a nineteenth-century cattleman lost some of his cows on a drive from Montana summer pasture back to Texas.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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