Definitions for rancherie

rancherie ranch·er·ie

Spelling: [ran-chuh-ree]
IPA: /ˈræn tʃə ri/

Rancherie is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 278 anagrams from letters in rancherie (aceehinrr).

Definitions for rancherie

noun

  1. an Indian village or settlement, especially one located on a reserve.
  2. any one of the large rectangular cedar buildings erected by Pacific Coast Indians for communal living and ceremonial purposes.

Origin of rancherie

1590-1600, Americanism; earlier rancheria Spanish, derivative of rancho; see rancho

Examples for rancherie

They killed some fatted chickens and had the biggest time that the rancherie had ever known.

On our return, my guide conducted me to a rancherie, consisting of half a dozen wigwams.

When they had left the rancherie some distance behind they sat down.

"And we go on to the rancherie in a couple of days," Harry added.

A long row of huts just above high-tide line can always be safely called a rancherie in that country.

Every person in the rancherie, from the toddling papooses to the aged chief, endeavored to aid them.

The rancherie was hot and the dull roar of the combers on the reef came throbbing in and made him restless.

He ran on, flinging off his clothes, and plunged into the water when they drew near the rancherie.

Turning a chaparral point, they came in full view of an Indian rancherie.

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