range rider
Horseback herd watcher
A range rider is a cowboy or ranch hand who patrols open rangeland on horseback, checking on livestock, maintaining fences, and watching for predators or rustlers.
The term evokes the American West before fenced ranching, when cattle roamed vast unfenced territories: The range rider spotted strays near the canyon.
- herderLivestock caretaker
- patrollerOne who monitors territory
- buckarooWestern cattle herder
- vaqueroHispanic cattle driver
- horse wranglerOne who manages equines
lasso · wrangler · cowboy · lawman · stockman · scout · conservationist · game warden · frontiersman · wild west · ecologist · rancher · drover · trail boss · forester · saddle · bridle · spurs
range riderhomesteader
One who settles wilderness land
sodbuster · farm laborer · tenant farmer · stable hand · sharecropper
range riderfarmer
One who cultivates land
plowman · field hand · dairy farmer · swineherd · chicken farmer
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