rancheros

Rural Mexican farmers

Rancheros is the plural of ranchero, a ranch owner or worker in Mexico or the American Southwest.

The word appears most often in huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish of fried eggs served on tortillas with a spicy tomato-chile sauce.

The name means "rancher-style eggs"—hearty fare for working men.

cowboy

lasso

Looped rope for catching

  • chapsProtective riding legwear
  • saddleMounted rider's seat
  • rodeoCowboy skills competition

wrangler · spurs · corral · cattle · herding · bronco · mustang · prairie · bandana · buckaroo

ranching

hacienda

Spanish-speaking country estate

livestock · grazing · pasture · landholding · rural · agriculture · irrigation · husbandry · fencing · rangeland

cuisine

huevos

Spanish term for eggs

chorizo · queso · jalapeño · cilantro · beans · tomato · avocado · enchiladas · breakfast · spicy

Mexican

mariachi

Mexican folk ensemble

fiesta · sombrero · zapateado · mezcal · charro · cumbia · serenade

Categories
Opposites
land use and occupation

rancherosindustrialists

Owners of manufacturing enterprises

factory workers · merchants · fishermen · miners · office workers

rural vs. urban dwelling

rancherosurbanites

Metropolitan area residents

city dwellers · townspeople · metropolitans · city slickers · suburbanites

social class in agrarian societies

rancheroscampesinos

Spanish term for farmers

day laborers · farmhands · braceros · migrant workers · landless peasants

Phrases
Family

rancher, ranchers, ranchero

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