dude ranch
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- noun
- /duːd ræntʃ/
- US
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rancho turístico
- Next summer, we plan to spend our vacation at a dude ranch in Wyoming to enjoy horseback riding and campfires.
- dude ranch vacation
- guests at the dude ranch
- dude ranch and fishing
We first met on a dude ranch, of all places.
- We first met on a dude ranch, of all places.
- So we were on an actual dude ranch, like sort of, you know, we would use some of the real dude ranch for sets, but then they built sets.
Examples
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I met him at this dude ranch.
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I had decided to join Orson at the dude ranch.
Fiction book (1995) -
We first met on a dude ranch, of all places.
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What do you think about starting the dude ranch up again?
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If you came out here thinking this is a dude ranch, I hate to disappoint you.
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They used to have the most beautiful dude ranch near Phoenix.
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A trip to a dude ranch when he was seven years old reinforced that ardent desire.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now Orson was going to work as a wrangler on a dude ranch thirty miles north of Maybell.
Fiction book (1995) -
Come summer, she is wrangling at a dude ranch in Central Oregon, where she rescues a horse near death and sneaks into off-limits buildings.
Blog text (9) -
I phoned several times, but she was usually away on trips with her mother—to the Homestead, Italy, west to New Mexico, and a dude ranch.
Fiction book (1991)
How Authentic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally built from 'dude' (an informal term for a person/visitor) + 'ranch' (a cattle farm), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a ranch oriented toward 'dudes' or visitors to experience ranch life. Although 'dude' here extends to holiday guests rather than only adult men, that pragmatic shift is predictable from the compound, making the overall meaning transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Dude ranch came from ranches that invited city visitors called dudes to stay and try real cowboy life on a ranch. That's why dude ranch now means a holiday place where guests can ride horses and experience ranch life.