ranch hand
Hired farm laborer
A ranch hand is a worker on a ranch, performing manual labor like herding cattle, mending fences, and maintaining equipment.
The term evokes the American West and agricultural life: He spent summers as a ranch hand in Montana.
Ranch hands may be seasonal or permanent employees, distinct from the rancher who owns the operation.
Livestock handler on ranches
- buckarooWestern cattle herder
- cowpokeInformal term for herder
- lassoLooped rope for catching
- chapsProtective riding legwear
spurs · bandana · rodeo · bronco · mustang · cattle drive · roundup · corral
Managing animal groups
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- vaccinatingAdministering preventive medicine
- feedingGiving food to
calving · pasture · corrals · stables · milking · sheep · goats · horses
Of the countryside
- prairieOpen grassy flatland
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- dustFine settled particles
- open rangeUnfenced public grazing land
sunrise · campfire · solitude · hard work · horseback · western · backcountry · remote
Agricultural employee
- seasonal workerEmployee hired periodically
- crewWorking team aboard
- foremanWorker who directs others
- bunkhouseCommunal sleeping building
dawn · wages · chores · workday · fatigue · manual labor · day laborer · migrant worker
wrangler
Livestock handler on ranches
chaps · spurs · bandana · rodeo · bronco · mustang · cattle drive · roundup · corral · saddle
herding
Managing animal groups
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- vaccinatingAdministering preventive medicine
feeding · calving · pasture · corrals · stables · milking · sheep · goats · horses · flock
rural
Of the countryside
open range · sunrise · campfire · solitude · hard work · horseback · western · backcountry · remote · rugged
farmhand
Agricultural employee
- seasonal workerEmployee hired periodically
- crewWorking team aboard
- foremanWorker who directs others
bunkhouse · dawn · wages · chores · workday · fatigue · manual labor · day laborer · migrant worker · working conditions
fencing
Combat with blunted blades
- hayingGathering dried grass fodder
- balingCompressing into tied bundles
- muckingCleaning out accumulated waste
water tanks · barn · windmill · tractor · irrigation · silo · paddock · crop · harvest · tillage
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- herdersshepherd, goatherd, cowboy, drover, gaucho
- Cowboycowboy, cowboys, cowgirls, rodeo, lasso
- ranchingcattle, ranchers, cows, cow, bull
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- caretakerscaretaker, caretakers, caregiver, guardian, minder
ranch handrancher
One who raises livestock
landowner · cattle baron · property owner · boss · employer
ranch handoffice worker
Indoor professional employee
city dweller · desk jockey · white-collar worker · Wall Street banker · factory worker
ranch handexecutive
Senior organizational leader
CEO · foreman · ranch manager · manager · administrator
hand, rancher, ranching, ranch, ranches, ranched, ranchhouse