Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A man who patrols irrigation ditches to keep them in order or repair. See ditch-rider. Also zangero.

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  • Near the crossing of a canal she saw a zanjero turning the water through a new delivery gate into a new ditch, and checking El

    The Winning of Barbara Worth Harold Bell Wright 1908

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  • ditch-rider

    April 8, 2007