estanciero

Borrowed from Spanish estanciero.

estanciero (plural estancieros)

1. The boss or supervisor in charge of the workers on an estancia.
   • 2006 June 11, Jonathan Kandell, “Buenos Aires Beef, on Hoof and on Plates”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Until the 1920's, Argentina was one of the wealthiest nations in the world, thanks to the fertile farms and ranches that spread over the pampa — the grasslands that stretch in a huge arc from Buenos Aires. Back then, free-spending estancieros reveled for months at a stretch in London, Paris and New York, returning just in time for La Rural.

• asecretion, resonicate

estancia +‎ -ero

• IPA^(key): /estanˈθjeɾo/ [es.t̪ãn̟ˈθje.ɾo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /estanˈsjeɾo/ [es.t̪ãnˈsje.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: es‧tan‧cie‧ro

estanciero m (plural estancieros, feminine estanciera, feminine plural estancieras)

1. ranch owner, estanciero

   Synonym: ranchero (Mexico)

• “estanciero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024