estanciero

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   in South America, especially Argentina and Uruguay: the owner or manager of an estancia, a large ranch or landed estate

   The estanciero rode out at dawn to inspect the cattle and pasture.

Borrowed from American Spanish estanciero, formed from estancia, 'ranch or estate,' + -ero, an occupational suffix. English travel writing adopted the word for the owners and managers of large South American cattle estates.

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